two o'clock
The windows were full of such general announcements as -- Working Men 's Peace Preservation , Limited Liability Company , New Zealand , etc. . The marriage office looked like a miniature bank ; there were desks , and a brass railing a foot high preserved the inviolability of the documents . A fat man with watery eyes rose from the leather arm-chair in which he had been dozing , and Frank intimated his desire to be married as soon as possible ; that afternoon if it could be managed . It took the weak-eyed clerk some little time to order and grasp the many various notions which Frank urged upon him ; but he eventually roused a little -LRB- Frank had begun to shout at him -RRB- , and explained that no marriage could take place after two o'clock , and later on it transpired that due notice would have to be given . Very much disappointed , Frank asked him to inscribe his name . The clerk opened a book , and then it suddenly cropped up that this was the registry office , not for Pimlico , but for Kensington . `` Gracious heavens ! ''