nine o'clock
This glorious sun , with its rays gilding the sands of the Gobi as far as we could see , announced a perfect holiday . From Lob Nor to Kara Nor there are three hundred and fifty kilometres to run , and between the lakes we will resume the interrupted marriage of Fulk Ephrinell and Horatia Bluett , if nothing occurs to again delay their happiness . The dining car has been again arranged for the ceremony , the witnesses are ready to resume their parts , and the happy pair can not well be otherwise than of the same mind . The Reverend Nathaniel Morse , in announcing that the marriage will take place at nine o'clock , presents the compliments of Mr. Ephrinell and Miss Bluett . Major Noltitz and I , Caterna and Pan-Chao are under arms at the time stated . Caterna did not think it his duty to resume his costume , nor did his wife . They were dressed merely for the grand dinner party which took place at eight o'clock in the evening -- the dinner given by Ephrinell to his witnesses and to the chief first-class passengers .