1
With the first dawn Desmond awoke, and there was an awful interval of pain.
2
An awful interval followed, during which the angry passions of the assembly seemed to be subdued by terror.
3
South, as great a wit as a preacher, has separated, by an awful interval, the superior and the domestic.
4
During this awful interval I was neither elated by the ambition of fame, nor depressed by the apprehension of contempt.
5
During the awful interval of awaited publication, I was neither elated by the ambition of fame nor depressed by the apprehension of contempt.