twelve o'clock
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 . If all went well they would be Brewster 's millions before twelve o'clock , and Peggy 's life of poverty would cover no more than three hours of time . She believed him worth a lifetime of poverty . So they would start the new life with but one possession -- love . Peggy rebelled against his desire to spend the seventy dollars that still remained , but he was firm in his determination .