ten o’clock
`` It was just splendid , and I do b ' lieve -- '' `` Have ye noticed Mrs. Jenks ? I do declare , she 's as much different from what she used ter be as possible . Why , she sent them fine apples , and gave the hull of them pumpkins , and -- '' Just at this point Mrs. Buffum ejaculated , `` Well , as I live ! ef it ai n't half-past ten o'clock , '' and she commenced at once to collect her brood . All were loath to leave the joyous scene , but the lateness of the hour made it imperative . Some one proposed a song before saying good night , and soon old and young voices chimed sweetly together as they sang : -- `` All the year round , all the year round , What are the seasons to you or to me ? Summer may go , bleak winds may blow , Roses crown winter if cheery we be .