about three o'clock
The old South American , too , it was said , was very lavish of his money , purchasing many costly ornaments , and furnishing entirely the chamber of the bride . For this the fair Eugenia styled him `` a silly old fool , '' wondering `` what business it was to him , '' and `` why he need be so much interested in one who , if she had any sense , would , in less than two weeks , turn him from the house , with his heathenish ways . '' Still , fret as she would , she could not in the least retard the progress of matters , and one morning towards the last of October , she heard from Mrs. Leah , whom she met at a store in the village , that the wedding was to take place at the house of the bride on Tuesday of the next week , and that on Thursday evening following , there was to be a grand party at Rose Hill , far exceeding in splendor and elegance the one given there some years before . `` Crowds of folks , '' she said , `` are coming from the city with the bridal pair , who would start on Wednesday , stay in Syracuse all night , and reach Dunwood about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon . The invitations for the village people , '' she added , `` were already written and were left with her to distribute on Wednesday morning . '' Eugenia would have given much to know if she were invited , but she was too proud to ask , and assuming an air of indifference she casually inquired the name of the bride . With the manner of one in a deep study , Mrs. Leah replied , `` Let me see !