seven o'clock sharp
They talked to her as freely as though they had known her for years , instead of only an hour . This embarrassed Jessie greatly ; she hardly knew how to take this unaccustomed familiarity . After rehearsal was over , Manager Morgan took her back to her hotel , frowning darkly at Celey Dunbar , who made a bold attempt to walk with them . `` Be ready at seven o'clock sharp , '' he said , as he left her at the door . Left to herself when dinner was over , Jessie sat quietly down in her lonely little room to think . She wondered how such people as she had met that day could play the different parts in the beautiful story whose every incident Manager Morgan had explained to her . `` Certainly it is n't very romantic , '' she thought , `` to have the hero lover of the play a married man . ''