one o'clock
Those are splendid words , and they ought to be added to his name . I tell you what , girls , I wish we could cut him up into seven men , and take him home with us . Seven first-class men made out of him and distributed through the towns about us would make a new order of things . '' All this was being said while they were scrambling with the rest of the world down to the auditorium to secure seats , for the grand afternoon had arrived , and people had been advised to be `` in their seats as soon after one o'clock as they could make it convenient . '' `` How soon will that be , I wonder ? '' Marion said , quoting this sentence from Dr. Vincent 's advice given in the morning , and holding up her watch to show that it was five minutes of one . `` It looks to me as though those deluded beings who arrive here at one o'clock will have several hours of patient waiting before they will make it convenient to secure seats .