Explore "The Bells of Sydney" by J.D. Hennessey on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
From the Great Clock Tower which overlooks the busy heart of Sydney there pealed forth in sonorous notes the hour of nine.
Half the city was at breakfast. The other half still in bed woke up to listen. It is needless to say that it was Sunday, for the noise of the street traffic on other mornings of the week drowns even the hoarse roar of that full-throated brazen bell.