ten o'clock
Sometimes , when in accordance with a plan laid down by his mother 's advice , he sat down to study for a stated time , he would open the book , and , after leaning over it for half an hour , find that he had built himself a nice little parsonage and school , and established himself a most laborious and useful minister in the prettiest of villages . At other times he was a missionary , or an eminent writer , and occasionally a member of Parliament . Then , at other times , he must draw the plan of a cottage or church , or put down a few verses ; and sometimes , when he heard the clock strike the hour that summoned him to his studies , he had some excessively interesting story to finish , or very much preferred some other occupation . `` Now , Louis , my dear , there is ten o'clock . '' `` Yes , mamma , I will go directly . '' `` Directly , '' in some persons ' vocabulary , being an ambiguous term , another quarter of an hour saw Louis in the same place , quite absorbed . `` Louis , Louis ! ''