nine o'clock
She winked them away , and leaned out of the window . They were all there -- big Dick Selwyn , and Molly , looking like a masquerading Venus in her V.A.D. uniform , the Lavender Lady and Miles , and -- radiant and well-turned-out as ever -- Mile 's wife . The Herrick 's wedding had taken place very unobtrusively . About a month after Sara had crossed to France , Miles and Audrey had walked quietly into church one morning at nine o'clock and got married . Monkshaven had been frankly disappointed . The gossips , who had so frequently partaken of Audrey 's hospitality and then discussed her acrimoniously , had counted upon the lavish entertainment with which , even in war-time , the wedding of a millionaire 's widow might be expected to be celebrated . Instead of which , there had been this `` hole-and-corner '' sort of marriage , as the disappointed femininity of Monkshaven chose to call it , and , after a very brief honeymoon , Miles and Audrey had returned and thrown themselves heart and soul into the work of organizing and equipping a convalescent hospital for officers , of which Audrey had undertaken to bear the entire cost .