one o'clock in the morning before
I 'll go to the ends of the earth after you , if you wo n't let me go with you . I 've fixed it up with Nelly to wait until I bring you home , a well man , before we get married ; and if you refuse to be my best man -- well , there wo n't be any party . You can make up your mind to that . '' It was one o'clock in the morning before Whitaker allowed himself to be persuaded ; fatigue reënforced every stubborn argument of Peter Stark 's to overcome his resistance . It was a repetition of the episode of Mary Ladislas recast and rewritten : the stronger will overcame the admonitions of a saner judgment . Whitaker gave in . `` Oh , have your own way , '' he said at length , unconsciously iterating the words that had won him a bride .