7 P.M.
Do we have a quiet game after dinner ? '' `` Ah , no , that would be too cruel -- to Captain Haney . No ; we go to the theatre . So be on hand at 7 P.M. , sharp . '' In this way she had prepared her friends to be surprised by Bertha 's good looks and the Captain 's tame and courteous manner , but was herself soundly jarred when her `` wild-West people '' came up to the door in an auto-car that must have cost five or six thousand dollars , and when a colored footman , in bottle-green uniform , leaped out to open the door for them -LRB- it was Lucius in his new suit -- he was playing all the parts -RRB- . Brent , with a comical look at his wife , remarked : `` I suppose this is in lieu of broncos ? '' `` They _ are _ branching out ! ''