seven
in the morning
Will you marry me the day after to-morrow ? Do n't say no , dearest . I want to begin on that day . At seven in the morning , dear ? Do n't you see how good the start will be ? '' And he pleaded so ardently and so earnestly that he won his point even though it grew out of a whim that she could not then understand . She was not to learn until afterward his object in having the marriage take place on the morning of September 23d , two hours before the time set for the turning over of the Sedgwick millions .