"Against the clock" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... two letters on the mantel-piece, standing them against the clock, so that they can be easily seen. While they are doing this, some one passes the window, walking along the street, and there comes a knock ...
— Up the Chimney • Shepherd Knapp
... in his large, comfortable sitting-room, and noticed there were letters for him on the mantel resting against the clock, whose hands pointed to ...
— Cleo The Magnificent - The Muse of the Real • Louis Zangwill
... responded to Gillian's rapid fire of questions, Magda picked up the square envelope propped against the clock and slit open the flap. It was probably only some note of urgent invitation—she received dozens of them. An instant later a half-stifled cry broke from ...
— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler |
