seven o’clock sharp
Gilbert Blythe , aided and abetted by Anne , had written the notes , putting in the one about himself as a blind . Only two of the notes have any bearing on this history : `` Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom . A new and highly respected citizen will lead to the hymeneal altar one of our most popular ladies . `` Uncle Abe , our well-known weather prophet , predicts a violent storm of thunder and lightning for the evening of the twenty-third of May , beginning at seven o'clock sharp . The area of the storm will extend over the greater part of the Province . People traveling that evening will do well to take umbrellas and mackintoshes with them . '' `` Uncle Abe really has predicted a storm for sometime this spring , '' said Gilbert , `` but do you suppose Mr. Harrison really does go to see Isabella Andrews ? ''