And at this point, the evening, sullen, decembry [translating декабрый (dekabryj)], slipped away from the windows into wretched night.

From prior to first light to the meridiem – yes, that means noon – the activities around Leelanau are as varied as the people who call it home:

But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.

Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging and quartering of the queen’s leech Lopez, his jew’s heart being plucked forth while the sheeny was yet alive.