ten o'clock
Great drops of sweat stood out on his temples , over which his hair fell lank and clammy . His shoes and stockings were dusted over with fine earth . He did not speak , but lit his candle and went off to his bed-cupboard under the stairs . Before ten o'clock the rest of the family crept away to bed . Mr. Wesley sat on in his study . This was the night of the week on which he composed his Sunday morning 's sermon . He wrote at it steadily until midnight .