ten minutes after eight
`` Oh , if it comes to that , he passed over you , too , Tom . '' `` He would n't insult a gentleman of my dignity . Come on ; there 's room on the front seat . '' Harry was kept busy till ten minutes after eight . By that time about all who intended to be present were in the hall and the magician was gratified by seeing that it was crowded . He was already well known in the village , having been in the habit of visiting it every for years and his reputation for dexterity , and especially for ventriloquism , had called out this large audience . The professor 's tricks excited great wonder in the younger spectators .