ten o’clock
She shall go back whence she came . '' No more was said on the matter at the time , but when breakfast -- which was rather a farce -- was done , Mr. Carson sent for his headman and gave him certain orders . We were to be married after the service which Mr. Carson held every Sunday morning in the large marble hut set apart for that purpose . The service began at ten o'clock , but long before that hour all the natives on the place came up in troops , singing as they came , to be present at the wedding of the `` Star . '' It was a pretty sight to see them , the men dressed in all their finery , and carrying shields and sticks in their hands , and the women and children bearing green branches of trees , ferns , and flowers . At length , about half-past nine , Stella rose , pressed my hand , and left me to my reflections . A few minutes to ten she reappeared again with her father , dressed in a white veil , a wreath of orange flowers on her dark curling hair , a bouquet of orange flowers in her hand .