Considering that the real H. G. Wells had multiple affairs and illegitimate children, casting him as a prude seemed to be a case of "they did not do the research".
On the other hand, since Wells essentially determines that Lois died, gets the paper, and then tries to fix the problem, I guess he maybe is going for minumum worry creation. Still, he seems to be cutting it insanely close. Also, how can he be so sure about the time kicking in of the curse?
On the other hand, I can see that we would have been "aarghh, no, not yet" if he had come earlier. I guess I can even excuse him for essentially waiting until right at the time of the wedding. I just think that he should have showed up either before the wedding, or really quick enough after the wedding. I mean, with a time machine he should have been able to time it so he was at Clark's apartment when they returned from the wedding.
