eleven
o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th of June
As this scheme had been devised by those dearest to her on earth , and as it was certain , these dearest persons assured her , to meet with the approbation of all people of advanced thought -- at least of those whose thought had advanced far enough to make it worthy of their consideration -- she felt that in doing her part she ought to do it honestly and with her whole heart ; and at her time of life , to act as a proxy for a young bride by taking a wedding-journey in that young bride 's place was a very difficult thing for Mrs. Archibald to do honestly and with her whole heart . But she would try to do it . Whatever else happened , her family must be kept happy , and it should never be said of her that she hung like a millstone around the combined neck of that family when it was unitedly climbing towards altitudes of felicity , which , although she was not able to discern them , must exist , since that fact had been so earnestly insisted upon by Mr. Archibald , Kate , and Rodney Bringhurst . Thus was this exceptional hymeneal performance decided upon , and at eleven o'clock on Wednesday , the 6th of June , the marriage service was performed . At noon the guests sat down to breakfast , and at two o'clock that afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Hector Archibald departed on the wedding-trip , leaving behind Mr. and Mrs. Bringhurst at home with each other , and `` not at home '' to the world . At four o'clock on the afternoon of June 6th Mr. and Mrs. Hector Archibald arrived at a family hotel in the capital of their state . Where they should go from there had not been decided upon .