Nine o'clock
There followed a long prayer , as usual . Then the children kissed their mother and Jenny and crept up to their chamber . The nine-o'clock bell had rung , and the streets were still . The watchman with his lantern went by , saying , `` Nine o'clock , and all is well ! '' None of the family heard him say , `` Ten o'clock , and all is well ! '' They were in slumberland after their hard , homely toil , and some of them may have been dreaming of the good old Governor , who followed literally the words of the Master who taught on the Mount of Beatitudes . LITTLE Benjamin once had the boy fever to go to sea .