midnight
`` Come up , Legs , '' he bawled to me as soon as we were beyond the pickets , `` come up from behind there ; this ai n't no dress parade . '' `` Are they married ? '' I softly asked Harry at the first opportunity , but he could not tell me . He knew only that Ferry had been expected to arrive about an hour before midnight ; if he arrived later the wedding would be deferred until to-day . On our whole ride we met no one from Gallatin until near the edge of the town we passed a smiling rider who called after us , `` You-all a-hurryin ' for nothin ' ! '' We dropped to a more dignified gait and moved gayly in among our gathering friends , asking if we were in time . `` No -- o !