six o'clock
Here she had been assuming all along that there was a job for either of them to get ! But it was quite likely there was not . The chorus looked complete enough ; there was no visible gap in the ranks crying aloud for a recruit . When at last , a little after six o'clock , Galbraith said , `` Quarter to eight , everybody , '' and dismissed them with a nod for a scurry to what were evidently dressing-rooms at the other side of the ball , the ship of Rose 's hopes had utterly gone to pieces . She had a plank to keep herself afloat on . It was the determination to stay there until he should tell her in so many words that he had n't any use for her and under no conceivable circumstances ever would have . The deprecatory young man was talking to him now , about her and the duchess evidently , for he peered out into the hall to see if they were still there ; then vaulted down from the stage and came toward them .