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merlinscribeAs I mentioned in my previous entry, every writer keeps a file of notes about the project in hand, information that never makes it into the finished work or, if it does, does so in a greatly-etiolated form. When the writer in question isn't writing about the mundane here-and-now world, his file of facts grows necessarily greater, containing everything from notes on the local weather and detailed descriptions of clothing to the composition of favorite dishes. Here now another short excerpt from mine.
TIME
Outside Armethalieh, time is reckoned by hours, starting with the First Hour of Day (6am) and running for twelve hours: First Hour of Day, Second Hour of Day. 7pm is The First Hour of Night, and there are twelve of them as well.
NAMES OF THE BELLS IN ARMETHALIEH, AND THEIR TERRESTRIAL EQUIVALENTS:
(Note: As you will see from this, one bell is equivalent to two hours. A chime is a period of fifteen minutes.)
Outside Armethalieh, time is reckoned by hours, starting with the First Hour of Day (6am) and running for twelve hours: First Hour of Day, Second Hour of Day. 7pm is The First Hour of Night, and there are twelve of them as well.
1pm SEVENTH HOUR OF DAY 2pm EIGHTH HOUR OF DAY 3pm NINTH HOUR OF DAY 4pm TENTH HOUR OF DAY 5pm ELEVENTH HOUR OF DAY 6pm TWELFTH HOUR OF DAY 7pm FIRST HOUR OF NIGHT 8pm SECOND HOUR OF NIGHT 9pm THIRD HOUR OF NIGHT 10pm FOURTH HOUR OF NIGHT 11pm FIFTH HOUR OF NIGHT 12MIDNIGHT SIXTH HOUR OF NIGHT 1am SEVENTH HOUR OF NIGHT 2am EIGHTH HOUR OF NIGHT 3am NINTH HOUR OF NIGHT 4am TENTH HOUR OF NIGHT 5am ELEVENTH HOUR OF NIGHT 6am TWELFTH HOUR OF NIGHT 7am FIRST HOUR OF DAY 8am SECOND HOUR OF DAY 9am THIRD HOUR OF DAY 10am FOURTH HOUR OF DAY 11am FIFTH HOUR OF DAY 12NOON SIXTH HOUR OF DAY
12:00 am Midnight bells 2:00 am Watch bells 4:00 am First dawn bells 6:00 am Second dawn bells 8:00 am Morning bells 10:00 am Midmorning bells 12:00 am Noonday bells 2:00 pm First Afternoon Bells 4:00 pm Second Afternoon Bells 6:00 pm Evensong 8:00 pm First night bells 10:00 pm Second night bells
(Note: As you will see from this, one bell is equivalent to two hours. A chime is a period of fifteen minutes.)
