eleven in the morning
They walked out of the church together , and when they stood in the sunlight he turned to her . `` My darling , my wife , '' he said , in an impassioned voice , `` may Heaven send to us a life bright as this sunshine , love as pure -- life and death together ! I pray Heaven that no deeper cloud may come over our lives than there is now in the sky above us . '' These words were spoken at only eleven in the morning . If he had known all that he would have to suffer before eleven at night , Lord Arleigh , with all his bravery , all his chivalry , would have been ready to fling himself from the green hill-top into the shimmering sea . It was the custom of the Arleighs to spend their honeymoon at home ; they had never fallen into the habit of making themselves uncomfortable abroad . The proper place , they considered , for a man to take his young wife to was home ; the first Lord Arleigh had done so , and each lord had followed this sensible example .