about two o'clock
But there was bound to be a row anyhow when they found she intended to marry me instead of McMakin . So we figured we might just as well be away from there . `` We left your place early on the morning of October 31 , 1888 -- do you remember the date , Tom ? We took the train for Clarksville , Tennessee , and got there about two o'clock that afternoon . I suppose you have been in that interesting centre of the tobacco industry . If you have you may remember that the courthouse of Montgomery County is right across the street from the best hotel . I got a license and a preacher without any trouble , and we were married in the hotel parlour that afternoon .