ten at night
`` It is of a good man , a saint among men , an Italian refugee , giving his life to the poor , especially to the poor of his own people . '' Roma 's labouring breath seemed to be arrested at that moment . `` On several occasions he brought their masters to justice in the English courts , until , finding they were watched , they gradually became less cruel . He opened his house to the poor little fellows , and they came for light and warmth between nine and ten at night , bringing their organs with them . He taught them to read , and on Sunday evenings he talked to them of the lives of the great men of their country . He is dead , but his spirit is alive -- alive in the souls he made to live . '' Roma 's eyes were blinded with the tears that sprang to them , and her throat was choking , but she said : `` What was he ? ''