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Philip bought tickets for Saturday night . It was not one of the days on which she got off early and therefore she would have no time to go home and change ; but she meant to bring a frock up with her in the morning and hurry into her clothes at the shop . If the manageress was in a good temper she would let her go at seven . Philip had agreed to wait outside from a quarter past seven onwards . He looked forward to the occasion with painful eagerness , for in the cab on the way from the theatre to the station he thought she would let him kiss her . The vehicle gave every facility for a man to put his arm round a girl 's waist -LRB- an advantage which the hansom had over the taxi of the present day -RRB- , and the delight of that was worth the cost of the evening 's entertainment . But on Saturday afternoon when he went in to have tea , in order to confirm the arrangements , he met the man with the fair moustache coming out of the shop .