four o'clock
Mrs. Hawkes , tears of joy in her eyes , yet smiles shining through them , was brewing tea for the happy pair . Minnie Hawkes 's Rose was making toast when she was not jumping up and down half mad with delight . Ellen Hawkes , now Mrs. Castle , was setting the table . Grandma Kelly was quavering out blessings , and Joe 's older brother , Thomas , who worked at night , and had been breakfasting at four o'clock , when the young pair burst in , rushed out to the bakery to come back triumphantly with a white frosted cake . `` It 's a fair cake , '' said Mrs. Hawkes in the babel . `` But you wait -- I 'll make you a cake ! '' `` And you know , Joe and I between us just made up the dollar for the license ! ''