eleven o’clock before
Madame Grossetete , a most excellent woman , congratulated Veronique on her happy marriage . Thus the Church , the family , society , and all material things down to the most trivial , made themselves accomplices to bring about this marriage . In the month of April the formal invitations to the wedding were issued to all Graslin 's friends and acquaintance . On a fine spring morning a caleche and a coupe , drawn by Limousin horses chosen by Monsieur Grossetete , drew up at eleven o'clock before the shop of the iron-dealer , bringing , to the great excitement of the neighborhood , the former partners of the bridegroom and the latter 's two clerks . The street was lined with spectators , all anxious to see the Sauviats ' daughter , on whose beautiful hair the most renowned hairdresser in Limoges had placed the bridal wreath and a costly veil of English lace . Veronique wore a gown of simple white muslin . A rather imposing assemblage of the most distinguished women in the society of the town attended the wedding in the cathedral , where the bishop , knowing the religious fervor of the Sauviats , deigned to marry Veronique himself .