nine o'clock
what can you mean by sleeping to within two hours of your wedding ? '' `` Is it possible ? '' cried Love , looking at his clock , and finding that the assertion was quite true . He opened the door to his cousin , and they became immediately immersed in preparations for the ceremony which was to take place in the large parlor at nine o'clock , to be followed by the splendid wedding-breakfast . The great house was in a hubbub of excitement with the final preparations and the dressing of the guests ; but the bride 's door had never opened yet , though no one thought strange of that , for she had gently declined all offers of assistance at her toilet , saying that mamma would do all that was necessary . Never had there been a fairer morn for a birthday bridal . Not the slightest cloud marred the deep-blue sky ; the sun shone in radiant splendor on the dewy flowers and the green earth , and the little birds seemed almost to know that there was to be a wedding , they warbled so persistently in the joy of their little hearts .