eight o'clock sharp
`` I am a wonderful talker , I admit , '' he agreed ; `` but I got a hard face , Milton , whereas you , anyhow , look honest . So you should meet me at Hanley 's afterward , understand me , and we would try to close the deal there and then . '' He dug his hand into his trousers pocket and produced a modest roll of bills , from which he detached six dollars . `` Here is the money , '' he added , `` and you should be here to meet them people at eight o'clock sharp . '' On the stroke of eight Milton Jassy returned to Benson 's office in the Siddons Theatre Building and again seated himself at his desk in front of the pile of manuscript music . This time , however , he brushed aside the title page of his Opus 47 and spread out an evening paper to beguile the tedium of awaiting Benson 's `` prospects . '' Automatically he turned to the department headed Music and Musicians , and at the top of the column his eye fell on the following item : Ferencz Lánczhid , the Budapest virtuoso , will be the soloist at the concert this evening of the Philharmonic Society .