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`` What time did Polly say she and Matthew had decided to marry me ? '' I asked as I went into my bath . `` Five o'clock , and it 's almost twelve now , '' answered Bess in a voice of panic as I heard things begin to fly into place in her room . Despite the superhuman efforts and patience of Annette and two housemaids , directed from below by Owen and Judge Rutherford , it was half-past two o'clock before I was ready to descend to the car in which Matthew had been sitting , patiently waiting in the sunshine of his wedding day for almost two hours . `` Plenty of time , '' he said cheerily , as I sank into the seat beside him , and Bess and Owen climbed in behind us . Owen 's chauffeur took Judge Rutherford in Owen 's car , and Annette perched her prim self on the front seat beside the wheel . `` Oh , Matt , there is nobody in the world like you , '' I said as I cast myself on his patience and imperturbability and also the strength of his broad shoulder next mine .