nine o'clock
Yet , lo and behold ! they woke to one of those rare ethereal dawns that come only now and then in a summer . The Blue bedroom faced east , and over the line of laurels in the garden they could watch pearl and opal flush into rosy pink before the sun shone out in an almost cloudless sky . By nine o'clock the wet grass of yesterday was beginning to dry up , and Miss Adams , with the help of Jones the gardener , was setting up her scenery , and making initial arrangements for the business of the afternoon . She had contrived her open-air theater as far as possible on Greek lines . There was no stage , but the audience sat on chairs on the grass , and on cushions and rugs placed down a bank that commanded the lawn . The performance was to begin at 3 o'clock , and soon after 2.30 visitors began to arrive .