twelve o'clock
No , he must _ not _ have a private wedding ... `` They must be married in church and have white ribbons up the aisle , '' gasped Miss Lydia , `` and -- and rice . Do n't you understand ? And it is n't nice , Mr. Smith , to use such language before ladies . '' It was twelve o'clock when Miss Lydia , in her dark entry , went over in her own mind the `` language '' which had been used ; all he had vowed he would do , and all she had declared he should not do , and all Mary -LRB- called in from the hall -RRB- had retorted as to the cruel things that had been done to her and Carl `` which had just driven them _ wild _ ! '' And then the curious rage with which Mr. Smith had turned upon his daughter when she cried out , `` Father , make her promise not to tell ! '' At that the new Mr. Smith 's anger touched a really noble note : `` What ! Insult this lady by asking for a ` promise ' ?