I have tried to break down the established facts underlying each crime into what William Shakespeare called "an hour glass of time."

In front of the clerk are the hour glasses.

As slowly and silently as sand running through an hour glass, I raised my gun until it was pointing at him.

It also has an hour glass from the 18th century, probably to ensure that the priest's services did not last more than one hour.

But at age 35, the sand is running out of his hour glass.

The sand is slowly falling through the hour glass.

She turns the hour glass over to time her cooking and starts chopping potatoes with a large cleaver.

The fine white sand grains have been used for filling hour glasses.

The sands of the hour glass were running back and it was so hard getting back.

The ritual is supplemented by playing an hour glass shaped instrument called as Dakke.