four o'clock
Miss Guggenheim knew people , if she did sing flat , and her drawing-room was full on the occasion of the début . Carl Bothwick , a friend of Tommy 's , was in a publishing office , and nobly presented programmes for the occasion . The quartette had not thought of naming itself , but Carl had grouped the songs under the heading , `` The Singing Girls , '' and luckily they liked the idea . At four o'clock the hum of conversation ceased at the sound of singing voices in the distance . A sort of processional effect had been Tommy 's suggestion , and the quartette formed in the dressing-room and sang its way to the audience . `` Hark , hark , the lark at Heaven 's gate sings , And Phoebus ` gins to rise . '' The voices rang high and clear , coming nearer and nearer .