Anna Maria was about to argue the point, when all at once there began to be other sounds up above--the rasping
noise of a saw; and the
noise of a little dog, scratching and yelping!
Then came the loud ringing of a bell, mingled with the
noise of fire-arms, and the shouts of men, and the sensation of being carried over uneven ground at a rapid pace.
It's no use your making any
noise, for you won't be found out by them as has broken in, and you'll only be hoarse when you come to the speeches,--which is a pity.
It was not a large one, but it made
noise enough for a panorama.
Meanwhile, the miner underneath was heard working away incessantly, when suddenly an unexpected
noise resounded in the passage.
"That is true," said Sancho, "since the mere
noise of the hammers of a fulling mill can disturb and disquiet the heart of such a valiant errant adventurer as your worship; but you may be sure I will not open my lips henceforward to make light of anything of your worship's, but only to honour you as my master and natural lord."
Mistress Affery having no taste for reading, and no sufficient light for needlework in the subdued room, supposing her to have the inclination, now sat every night in the dimness from which she had momentarily emerged on the evening of Arthur Clennam's return, occupied with crowds of wild speculations and suspicions respecting her mistress and her husband and the
noises in the house.
Oh, if I were only there to help him!" Suddenly another idea took possession of his mind, so used to misfortune, that it was scarcely capable of hope -- the idea that the
noise was made by workmen the governor had ordered to repair the neighboring dungeon.
Verily, he believeth only in Gods that make a great
noise in the world!
However, there had been that
noise - the why and the how of it?
He had evidently come out of his house in a hurry, and the priest was not surprised when he called out without further ceremony: "Did you hear that
noise?"
"I don't blame you a bit, Esmeralda," said Clayton, "and you certainly did hit it off right when you called them `lonesome'
noises. I never have been able to find the right word for them but that's it, don't you know, lonesome
noises."