eight o’clock
The ballroom holds a thousand persons . Yes , if you prefer , we will go home . You can take a nap till dinner-time . We shall dine at eight o'clock . '' Conversation languished till they reached the Villa Rosa . Notwithstanding Jacqueline 's efforts to appear natural , her own voice rang in her ears in tones quite new to her , a laugh that she uttered without any occasion , and which came near resulting in hysterics . Yet she had power enough over her nerves to notice the surroundings as she entered the house .