nine o'clock
precisely
It was no longer a dining car ; it was a hall car , if the expression is admissible . The big table had been taken away , and replaced by a small table which served as a desk . A few flowers bought at Tchertchen had been arranged in the corners of the car , which was large enough to hold nearly all who wished to be present -- and those who could not get inside could look on from the gangways . That all the passengers might know what was going on , we had put up a notice at the doors of the first and second-class cars , couched in the following terms : `` Mr. Fulk Ephrinell , of the firm of Messrs. Strong , Bulbul & Co. , of New York City , has the honor to invite you to his wedding with Miss Horatia Bluett , of the firm of Messrs. Holmes-Holme , London , which will take place in the dining car on this the 22d of May , at nine o'clock precisely . The Reverend Nathaniel Morse , of Boston , U.S.A. , will officiate . `` Miss Horatia Bluett , of the firm of Messrs. Holmes-Holme , of London , has the honor to invite you to her wedding with Mr. Fulk Ephrinell , of the firm of Messrs. Strong , Bulbul & Co. , of New York City , etc. , etc. '' If I do not make half a dozen pars out of all this I am no newspaper man ! Meanwhile I learn from Popof the precise spot where the ceremony will take place .