Time dragged heavily till the time of the full moon, but it passed at last, and as soon as it rose the young wife went to the pond, combed her black hair with a golden comb, and when she had finished, placed the comb on the
bank; then she watched the water impatiently.
She had taken the advice of a friend and invested her savings in a
bank on Ashland Avenue.
It was true that he had been industrious at the
bank, but no more so than the cashier, who had seven small children and was visibly sinking in decline.
On the
bank of the river the executioner approached Milady, and bound her hands and feet.
"At what sum do you estimate this
bank's proportion of the country's loss by me?"
"I was looking for the
bank when a fellow in a white suit ran down from the veranda.
Altogether they had a wild and gallant appearance, and, taking possession of a point which commanded the river, ranged themselves along the
bank as if prepared to dispute their passage.
But, though the
bank was almost always with him, and though the coach (in a confused way, like the presence of pain under an opiate) was always with him, there was another current of impression that never ceased to run, all through the night.
Napoleon looked up and down the river, dismounted, and sat down on a log that lay on the
bank. At a mute sign from him, a telescope was handed him which he rested on the back of a happy page who had run up to him, and he gazed at the opposite
bank.
He plunged into the forest and followed the river
bank down the stream.
I sat down once more on the river
bank. The sun was sinking fast.
So I told his lie with unction at my
bank, and made due arrangements for the reception of his chest next morning.