nine o'clock
Then the women went off to spread the news , and I commenced my declarations anew to Catherine , as if the old ones went for nothing ; and I made her repeat a thousand times that she had never loved any one but me , till we cried and laughed , and laughed and cried , one after the other , till night . We heard Aunt Grédel , as she attended to the cooking , talking to herself and saying , `` That is what I call a good king ; '' or , `` If my good Franz could come back to the earth he would be happy to-day , but one can not have everything . '' She said , also , that the procession had done us good ; but Catherine and I were too happy to answer a word . We dined , and lunched , and took supper without seeing or hearing anything , and it was nine o'clock when I suddenly perceived it was time to go home . Catherine and Aunt Grédel and I went out together , the moon was shining brightly , and they went with me to the `` Roulette , '' and while on the way we agreed that the marriage should take place in fifteen days . At the farm-house , under the poplars , aunt kissed me , and I kissed Catherine , and then watched them as they went back to the village . When they reached home they turned and kissed their hands to me , and then I came back to town , crossed the great square , and got home about ten o'clock .