nine o'clock
He went away quietly as soon as we was married , but the crowd outside had fathomed his meaning , and abune the minister 's words I could hear them crying , ` Ay , it 's mair like a burial than a marriage ! ' `` My heart was near breaking wi ' woe , but , oh , I was awid they shouldna ken it , and the bravest thing I ever did was to sit through the supper that night , making muckle o ' your father , looking fond-like at him , laughing at his coarse jokes , and secretly hating him down to my very marrow a ' the time . The crowd got word o ' the ongoings , and they took a cruel revenge . A carriage had been ordered for nine o'clock to take us to Tilliedrum , where we should get the train to London , and when we heard it , as we thought , drive up to the door , out we went , me on your father 's arm laughing , but wi ' my teeth set . But Aaron 's words had put an idea into their heads , though he didna intend it , and they had got out the hearse . It was the hearse they had brought to the door instead of a carriage . `` We got awa ' in a carriage in the tail-end , and the stanes hitting it was all the good luck flung after me .