eleven o'clock
Jack Blake sang them a stockrider 's song , with a chorus in which all the Australians joined ; and Dick Harrison recited `` The Geebung Polo Club , '' without any elocutionary tricks , and brought down the house . Jim had slipped out to speak to Allenby : and presently , going out , they found the hall cleared , and the floor waxed for dancing . They danced to gramophone music , manipulated by Mr. Linton : and Norah and Mrs. Hunt had to divide each dance into three , except those with Jim and Wally , which they refused to partition , regardless of disconsolate protests from the other warriors . It was eleven o'clock when Allenby announced stolidly , `` Supper is served , sir ! '' `` Supper ? '' said Mr. Linton . `` How 's this , Norah ? '' ''