1.   And for the rest of the morning on into early afternoon, HsingHsing eats cake and bamboo and carrots and gruel.

2.   By early afternoon he has unpacked nearly all the boxes and stacked them in the hall.

3.   By early afternoon she had had enough and returned to the barn, desperate for the cool interior and something to eat.

4.   By the early afternoon the inside of the house was finished.

5.   I arrived at Annat in the early afternoon and was disappointed not to find any offers of refreshment on display.

6.   I arrived in Boston in the early afternoon.

7.   I think it was early afternoon.

8.   It was early afternoon of the following day before Karelius found the opportunity to be alone with her.

9.   Probably in the early afternoon, when visitors look a whole lot less suspicious.