ten o'clock
They played the Old Family Coach , Mr. Howard Marshman being the manager , and Ellen laughed till she was tired ; she was the coach door , and he kept her opening and shutting , and swinging and breaking , it seemed all the while , though most of the rest were worked just as hard . When they were well tired , they sat down to rest and hear music , and Ellen enjoyed that exceedingly . Alice sang , and Mrs. Gillespie , and Miss Sophia , and another lady , and Mr. Howard ; sometimes alone , sometimes three or four , or all together . At last came ten o'clock , and the young ones were sent off ; and from beginning to end that had been a Christmas day of unbroken and unclouded pleasure . Ellen 's last act was to take another look at her Cologne bottle , gloves , pincushion , grapes , and paper of sugar-plums , which were laid side by side carefully in a drawer . Sunday at Ventnor . Mr. Humphreys was persuaded to stay over Sunday at Ventnor ; and it was also settled that his children should not leave it till after New Year .