About ten in the morning
Only , he laid his hand on Kate 's drooping head , with a `` Heaven bless you , my child ! '' so fervently uttered that she felt repaid for all the humiliation she had undergone . So very quietly at Danton Hall December wore away , and Christmas-eve dawned , Grace Danton 's wedding-day . About ten in the morning the large , roomy , old-fashioned family sleigh drove up before the front door , and the bridal party entered , and were whirled to the church . A very select party indeed ; the bride and bridegroom , the bride 's brother , and the bridegroom 's two daughters . Grace 's brown velvet bonnet , brown silk dress , and seal jacket were not exactly the prescribed attire for a bride ; but with the hazel hair , smooth and shining , and the hazel eyes full of happy light , Grace looked very sweet and fair . Eeny , in pale silk and a pretty hat with a long white plume , looked fair as a lily and happy as a queen , and very proud of her post of bride-maid .