| At half-past three in the afternoon the first nocturn began, with the Psalms, Lessons, etc. |
| After the repetition of the Antiphon at the end of the last Psalm of a Nocturn, is said the appropriate Versicle and Respond according to the Office of the Day. |
| The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the morrow. |
| For the more adventurous ones we offer a day in the trees of an Adventure Ropecourse, the nocturn fun of target lazer game or a canoeing trip down the river Sûre. |
| It was to be lighted again by one of the novices appointed for the purpose during the last psalm of each nocturn. |
| The contessa's reception began at the first nocturn, between sunset and midnight. |
