Most Black Hawk fathers had no personal habits outside their domestic ones; they paid the bills, pushed the baby-carriage after
office hours, moved the sprinkler about over the lawn, and took the family driving on Sunday.
He never drank during the morning, nor in
office hours; but the instant he left the office he proceeded to rear this wall of alcoholic inhibition athwart his consciousness.
Clerk after clerk hastened into the square by one or other of the entrances, and looking up at the Hall clock, accelerated or decreased his rate of walking according to the time at which his
office hours nominally commenced; the half-past nine o'clock people suddenly becoming very brisk, and the ten o'clock gentlemen falling into a pace of most aristocratic slowness.
In the morning before
office hours, at noon when business was plenty, and time scarce, at night under the face of the fogged city moon, by all lights and at all hours of solitude or concourse, the lawyer was to be found on his chosen post.
'No, he goes his way, after
office hours. In fact, he is off duty here, altogether, just at present; and a firm down-stairs, with which I have business relations, lend me a substitute.
Accept no offer from any man who cannot be proved, for a year past, to have systematically lost his dignity at least three times a week, after
office hours. You, daughters of Eve, who have that wholesome love of pleasure which is one of the greatest adornments of the female character, set up a society for the promotion of universal amusement, and save the British nation from the lamentable social consequences of its own gravity!" Imagine a voice crying lustily after this fashion--what sort of echoes would it find?--Groans?
And he--the
office hours being over--wanted to know if he could be of any use to me!
The applications of compensation claims could be submitted to Director General, NAB, Lahore during
office hours. Further details could be collected from investigation Wing, NAB Complex, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, Phone 042-99232712.
State Representative Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) will be hosting traveling
office hours throughout the 54th District this summer to meet with constituents and provide residents with easy access to all the resources his district office offers.
ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the increasing interest of the people towards Assets Declaration Scheme (ADS), the government on Sunday extended its last date till the
office hours of July 3 (Wednesday) to facilitate them to declare their undeclared assets and secure themselves from impending complications.
The applications of complaints, compensation claims could be submitted to Investigation Officer,(IW-III), NAB, Rawalpindi, Civic Centre, G-6, Melody, Islamabad during
office hours. Further details could be collected by dialling phone 051-9222039;051-9224279.