eleven o'clock
Sure enough , while the bells rang , Joby saw the door of his own house open , and his own wife come stepping towards the church , leaning on a man 's arm . And who should that man be but Tommy Warne ? `` And to think I 've lived fifteen years with that woman , and never lifted my hand to her ! '' Said the bird , `` The wedding is fixed for eleven o'clock , and 't is on the stroke now . If I was you , Joby , I 'd climb down and put back the church clock . '' `` And so I would , if I knew how to get to it . '' `` You 've but to slide down my leg to the parapet : and from the parapet you can jump right on to the string-course under the clock . ''