Read these lines from Macbeth:
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day:
Now spurs the lated traveller apace,
To gain the timely inn; and near approaches
The subject of our watch.

Which of the following is true of the words gain the timely inn as used here?

Question

Read these lines from Macbeth:
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day:
Now spurs the lated traveller apace,
To gain the timely inn; and near approaches
The subject of our watch.

Which of the following is true of the words gain the timely inn as used here?

anonymous · Answer

Timely is probably complimenting the word traveller in this sentence. 
 Timely is probably suggesting the inn is no longer in existence. 
 Timely is probably suggesting the inn was reached just in time. 
 Timely is probably used to describe the inn's appearance.