ten o'clock
That 's what I would say ! '' `` And I , '' responded aunt Hannah , solemnly , `` would answer amen ! '' With a dignity that was very impressive , she took the clasped hands of the youth and maiden between both hers and once more she uttered the word `` amen '' All this time Isabel Chester , pale and feeble from illness , sat in an easy-chair upon the hearth , filled with self-compassion , and yet feeling a generous pleasure that others could be happy though she was so very desolate . Thus ten o'clock drew on , and the clergyman knocked at the front door . Aunt Hannah stood stiffly upright for a moment , as if nerving herself , then , turned toward the family . `` Come ! '' she said .