Timeline for arose with such larks as were abroad at the moment
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| Oct 27, 2020 at 15:59 | comment | added | Barmar | Contrast it with farmers who are awakened each day by a rooster crowing at dawn. | |
| Oct 27, 2020 at 10:25 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Abroad is an old-fashioned way of saying out of doors - it doesn't mean overseas here. Larks (and other birds) start to be active at dawn but of course remain active all day, so the author humorously says that the man rose at the same time as whatever larks happened to be flying at that moment, that is, at any time he fancied. | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 21:57 | comment | added | Srey | Another possible explanation could be that he would wake up with more enthusiasm than most would lack that early in the morning. "Abroad at the moment" referring to aberrant behaviour for that time of the day. | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 21:43 | comment | added | Ahmed Samir | That's possible, and so is "he wake up and leave his bed early" which contradicts with "staying in bed". Actually my main problem is understanding "abroad at the moment"? | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 21:35 | history | answered | Srey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |