The Time Scheme

The Time Scheme

The following sentences are taken from a series of consecutive situations in Evangeline.

i. First time sentence, found in the first situation.

"Pleasantly rose the sun next morn on the village of Grand-Prê. "

2. Second time sentence, found at the beginning of the second situation.

"Pleasantly rose the sun next morn on the village of Grand-Prê. "

3. Third time sentence, round at the beginning of the third situation.

"Four times the sun had risen and set, and now on the fifth day cheerily called the cock to the sleeping maids of the farmhouse. "

4. Fourth time sentence, found at the beginning of the fourth situation.

"Many a weary. year lead passed since the burning of Grand-Pre, When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed. "

SUGGESTIONS. -I. The time scheme of the above series is as follows :

a. Evening.

b. The next morning.

c. Five days later.

d. Many years later.

2. Observe the variety of ways in which the lapse of time is indicated in the following sentences :

a. " The years came and the years went—seven in all. "

b. "And now the ceaseless turning of the mill Of time, that never for an hour stands still, Ground out the Governor's sixtieth birthday. "

c. "The summer passed, the autumn came. "

d. "Now was the winter gone and the snow. "

e. " 'Tis thirteen years,

Once more I press the turf that silences the lawn. "

"Month after month passed away, and in autumn the ships of the merchants came. "