five minutes to three
Indeed the motor car had good reason to be a disgruntled machine . He never did seem to be a part of the Japanese landscape like the graceful ` riksha . As a matter of fact he was a blot on the scene and entirely out of place against a background of an ancient temple or a group of picturesque individuals in clothes more brilliant in hue than his own boyhood coat . Converging from various points in Tokyo but all timed to meet at the theater door exactly at five minutes to three , came the other guests of the party in ` rikshas provided by the _ Nesan _ . Mme. Fontaine was one of these . `` What a picture she is , '' exclaimed Nancy , noticing at once the widow 's beautiful costume of embroidered pongee over which she wore a kimono-shaped mantle of the same embroidered silk , the sleeves of which covered her arms and hands completely . Nodding and smiling at the girls brightly , she followed Miss Campbell into the theater where they were met by the plump , hospitable little _ Nesan _ , who prostrated herself before each guest and removed shoes at the same time .