eleven o'clock
`` I 'm in no mood for these difficult distinctions in morality ! '' cried Ringfield in exasperation . `` What day is this wedding -- tell me that ! '' Poussette gave him the day and hour -- eleven o'clock in a certain Episcopal church in Montreal on the 24th of December , and then they parted . From this moment a steady pursuit of one idea characterized Ringfield 's actions . Already charged to explosive point by pressure of emotions both worthy and the reverse , he immediately entered into correspondence with several charitable institutions with regard to Angeel , and he also wrote to Mr. Enderby and Mr. Abercorn . It was now the ninth of the month and the snow still held .