twelve o’clock
I asked . `` We have seen to it , mother , '' said Ralph ; `` it is packed , and the oxen are already tied to the yokes for fear lest they should stray . '' `` Then be off and sit in it and smoke till I come to call you , '' I replied , and away they walked shamefacedly enough , Ralph first , and Jan following him . At twelve o'clock I went for them , and found them both seated on the waggon-chest smoking like chimneys , and saying nothing . `` Come , Ralph , '' I said , `` it is quite time for you to be married , '' and he came , looking very pale , and walking unsteadily as though he had been drinking , while after him , as usual , marched Jan , still pulling at the pipe which he had forgotten to take out of his mouth . Somehow I do not recollect much of the details of that wedding ; they seem to have slipped my mind , or perhaps they are buried beneath the memories of all that followed hard upon it . I remember Suzanne standing before the little table , behind which was the _ predicant _ with his book .