ten o'clock
`` Amen ! '' ejaculated my father , earnestly ; and then , at his suggestion , we knelt together , and , in a few heartfelt words , he offered thanks to the heavenly Father for his goodness to us , and turned kind Dr. Wilson 's aspiration into a prayer , that the life given back to my cousin might be by him given back to God . I knew , as I knelt there by my father 's side , for the first time in my life , the feeling of a deep and speechless thankfulness , for which all words would be too poor . It was very late -- past ten o'clock -- but I was not allowed to go up to bed at once . Supper was ready , my father said , and I should come into the dining-room , and have it with him and Dr. Wilson . Accordingly , in spite of all remonstrances of nurse , who put in her appearance , and thought fit to reflect upon the utter impropriety of such late hours , I went to supper ; and felt , moreover , greatly refreshed and strengthened by it , sitting there close by my father 's side , and rejoicing every moment of the time in the feeling as of a great deliverance . So it came to pass that my second night did not begin until eleven o'clock .