"At
the last minute?" he echoed, betraying his surprise that she should ever have considered the alternative possible.
The Age of Innocence
"It's because it warn't INTENDED for any of us to come but Tom," he says; "but I begged and begged, and at
the last minute she let me come, too; so, com- ing down the river, me and Tom thought it would be a first-rate surprise for him to come here to the house first, and for me to by and by tag along and drop in, and let on to be a stranger.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"I WASN'T flirting with him -- I honestly thought I cared up to
the last minute -- and then -- well, I just knew I NEVER could marry him."
Anne of The Island
I know it's disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the opera bouffe to
the last minute, and enjoy it.
Anna Karenina
"You oughtn't to be seen till
the last minute, child."
Little Women
It was hard getting into my dress alone, and I hadn't time to eat but a mouthful, and just at
the last minute, when I honestly--HONESTLY --would have thought about clearing away and locking up, I looked at the clock and knew I could hardly get back to school in time to form in the line; and I thought how dreadful it would be to go in late and get my first black mark on a Friday afternoon, with the minister's wife and the doctor's wife and the school committee all there!"
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
Kala Nag had no tusks; the chain was the badge of his authority; but for all that, he swung wide of Moti Guj at
the last minute, and tried to appear as if he had brought the chain out for amusement.
From Mine Own People
And at
the last minute she left a message for him, to be transmitted by Tarzan of the Apes.
Tarzan of the Apes
take this gentleman's luggage -- Dover line twelve o'clock train -- that's it," and without waiting for another word Jerry wheeled me round to make room for other cabs that were dashing up at
the last minute, and drew up on one side till the crush was past.
Black Beauty
She never starts to get ready for luncheon till
the last minute." Clatter, clatter!
Awakening and Selected Short Stories
His punctuality is well known; he never arrives too soon, or too late; and I should not be surprised if he appeared before us at
the last minute."
Around The World In Eighty Days
Besides, as it has been seen, the faithful satellite of his minister, young Louis XIV., marched to
the last minute in accordance with his gravitation.
Ten Years Later
"You've been holding it sideways for
the last minute, and letting all the champagne run out!
Sylvie and Bruno
The patient goes on hoping till
the last minute and says he is all right.
Notes from the Underground
At
the last minute, when the social machine was clogged hopelessly, one member or other of the family poured in a drop of oil.
A Room With A View