ten o'clock
God is not exactly absent , to be sure , since the memory of Him lingers in the hearts of men . But it is a vague memory and at times unreliable . It would appear that He was on earth only for a short interval and failed to make any decided impression . Therefore , at ten o'clock , the courts crowd up and the important gentlemen bristling with substitute arrangements of words , address themselves to the daily business of demonstrating whether people have done right or wrong , and proving , or disproving also , how extensive are the sins which have been committed . Arrangements of words palaver with arrangements of words . There ensues a vast shuffling of words , a drone and a gurgle of syllables . The Case of the State of Illinois Versus Man .