about ten o'clock
` You know , ' says I , ` that I would n't take him away from home unless his notes were good . He 's got pots of money -- bean-pots full of it . ' '' ` Bring him around after the second act , ' says Lolabelle , ` and I 'll examine his credentials and securities . ' `` So about ten o'clock that evening I led Solly to Miss Delatour 's dressing-room , and her maid let us in . In ten minutes in comes Lolabelle , fresh from the stage , looking stunning in the costume she wears when she steps from the ranks of the lady grenadiers and says to the king , ` Welcome to our May-day revels . ' And you can bet it was n't the way she spoke the lines that got her the part . `` As soon as Solly saw her he got up and walked straight out through the stage entrance into the street .