All 8 Uses of
nocturnal
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "A friend!" responded Peppino; and, advancing alone towards the sentry, he said a few words to him in a low tone; and then he, like the first, saluted the nocturnal visitors, making a sign that they might proceed.†
Chpt 37-38
- Ali was his principal attendant during this nocturnal survey.†
Chpt 45-46 *
- Such was the conversation in almost all the carriages; these two sudden deaths, so quickly following each other, astonished every one, but no one suspected the terrible secret which M. d'Avrigny had communicated, in his nocturnal walk to M. de Villefort.†
Chpt 73-74
- The nocturnal visitor, ignorant of the fact that the count had removed the staples, might now think himself at home, and pursue his purpose with full security.†
Chpt 81-82
- A Nocturnal Interview.†
Chpt 89-90
- Her reason told her that all the visions she beheld were but the children of her imagination, and the conviction was strengthened by the fact that in the morning no traces remained of the nocturnal phantoms, who disappeared with the coming of daylight.†
Chpt 99-100
- "Oh, yes," she exclaimed, "I recognize the flavor of my nocturnal beverage which refreshed me so much, and seemed to ease my aching brain.†
Chpt 99-100
- It was the same through which, twenty-four years ago, he had been conducted by a silent and nocturnal guard; the houses, to-day so smiling and animated, were on that night dark, mute, and closed.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(nocturnal) active during the night; or relating to night