6:30 P.M.
said Mr. May , puzzled and concerned . But it merely meant that James was having the time of his life . He was drawing out announcements . First was a batch of vermilion strips , with the mystic script , in big black letters : Houghton 's Picture Palace , underneath which , quite small : Opens at Lumley on October 7th , at 6:30 P.M. Everywhere you went , these vermilion and black bars sprang from the wall at you . Then there were other notices , in delicate pale-blue and pale red , like a genuine theatre notice , giving full programs . And beneath these a broad-letter notice announced , in green letters on a yellow ground : `` Final and Ultimate Clearance Sale at Houghton 's , Knarborough Road , on Friday , September 30th . Come and Buy Without Price . ''