six o'clock
Suddenly he said to himself , as he ran a brush around his coat-collar : '' ` Pon my soul , I forgot ; this is my wedding day ! -- the great day in a man 's life , the immense event , after which comes steady happiness or the devil to pay . '' He stepped to the window and looked out . It was only six o'clock as yet . He could see the harvesters going to their labours in the fields of wheat and oats , the carters already bringing in little loads of hay . He could hear their marche - ` t ' - en ! to the horses .