a quarter before eleven
On the following morning the house was of course in confusion . There was to be a breakfast after the service , and after the breakfast the bride was to be taken away in a carriage and four as far as Hereford on her route to Paris ; -- but before the great breakfast there was of course a subsidiary breakfast , -- or how could bishop , bride , or bridesmaids have sustained the ceremony ? At this meal Emily did not appear , having begged for a cup of tea in her own room . The carriages to take the party to the church , which was but the other side of the park , were ordered at eleven , and at a quarter before eleven she appeared for the first time in her grey silk dress , and without a widow 's cap . Everything was very plain , but the alteration was so great that it was impossible not to look at her . Even her father had not seen the change before . Not a word was said , though old Mrs. Fletcher 's thanks were implied by the graciousness of her smile .