three o'clock P.M.
She came , at the invitation of Lovell 's parents , to marry Lovell , and if he had refused , she would have boxed his ears as a wholesome means of correction , and married him on the spot . So Lovell 's destined wife was brought home to him in the morning , and in the afternoon of that same day the connubial knot was tied . Half an hour after the arrival of the bride , it was known throughout the length and breadth of Wallencamp , to every one , I believe , save Lovell himself , who was gathering driftwood a mile or two down the beach , that Lovell was going to be married ! At three o'clock P.M. , Brother Mark Barlow was despatched to West Wallen for a minister . Small scouts had been sent out to watch , where the road from the beach winds into the main road , and when word was brought back that `` Mark had gone by , '' the Wallencampers proceeded to make all due preparations ; and soon might have been seen winding in a body towards the scene of interest . The small paraphernalia of invitations and wedding cards were unknown in Wallencamp . The Wallencampers would have considered that there was little virtue in a ceremony of any sort , performed without the sanction and approval of their united presence .