Wondering what the meaning of that strange, lonely red cloud might be, I was up betimes next morning looking at the weather, but all seemed tranquil as yet.
The ejected officer—fortunate in the unkindly shove that sends him forth betimes, to struggle amid a struggling world—may return to himself, and become all that he has ever been.
An early riser, like all provincial girls, she was up betimes and said her prayers, and then began the business of dressing, —a business which henceforth was to have a meaning.
" I've had my supper, Mr. Massey, " said Adam, " so I'll look on while you eat yours. I've been at the Hall Farm, and they always have their supper betimes, you know: they don't keep your late hours" .