ten o'clock
Only a divinity could do this . And only the divinity in man enables one to look back on the chaos of sorrow , ecstasy , hope , despair , labor , failure , sin , and suffering which we call life and say , `` It is all good ; I would live it again if I might . '' Aunt Jane closed her Bible and laid it on the mahogany centre-table . `` Half-past ten o'clock , '' she said , glancing at the clock in the corner . `` I sometimes think , honey , that I 'd like to watch the old year out once more , for there 's somethin' about the night that the day has n't got . But I 'm too old to lose sleep unless there 's a good reason for it , so cover up the fire and we 'll sleep the old year out instead o ' watchin ' it out . This night 's no more 'n any other night , and it 's jest as Parson Page said , every day 's a New-year 's day . ''