twelve o'clock before
So I thought all was going on right . And what with the storm keeping Sir Giles and so many more that would have gone home that night , there was no end of work , and some contrivance necessary , I can tell you , to get them all bedded for the night , for we were nothing too well provided with blankets and linen in the house . There was always more room than money in it . So it was past twelve o'clock before I had a minute to myself , and that was only after they had all gone to bed -- the bride and bridegroom in the crimson chamber , of course . Well , at last I crept quietly into Emily 's room . I ought to have told you that I had not let her know anything about the wedding being that day , and had enjoined the heathen woman not to say a word ; for I thought she might as well die without hearing about it . But I believe the vile wretch did tell her .