ten o'clock
A strong current of individual life , too , is setting in , which inspires every speaker and writer with high and noble thoughts , and they are forced to give bread and not stones to the multitude . We shall , I hope , Mr. Deane , live to see the coming of the new day , for surely we have little but darkness now , and yet all the light we could use , I suppose , else it would have come before . '' `` I trust we shall , and if men and women are true to the light they have , the day will soon be here . But , really , Miss Evans , '' he said , looking at his watch , `` ' t is almost ten o'clock ; how rapidly the moments have flown . '' `` I lose all idea of time when I feel the beating and pulsing of a human soul , '' responded Miss Evans . `` I hope you will come again and bring your wife ; I only know her by features ; I really wish to know her through her thoughts . '' `` I will , I thank you , '' and he left , full to overflowing , impatient to impart to his wife the thoughts of an earnest soul .