ten o'clock
at night before
We do not care if the things are not cleared off till next morning . If any one has a perplexing passage of Scripture to explain , we gather all the lights possible on that subject . We send up stairs for concordance and Bible dictionary . It may be ten o'clock at night before the group is dispersed from the Sabbath evening tea-table . Some of the chapters following may be considered as conversations condensed or as paragraphs read . You will sometimes ascribe them to the host , at other times to the hostess , at other times to the strangers within the gates . Old Dominie Scattergood often came in on Sabbath evenings .