five o'clock
`` Just now ? I am not dressed , '' cried I , glancing despairingly at my dark merino . `` You have half an hour to dress . I should have given you notice , but I only determined on going since five o'clock , when I heard there was to be a genuine regale in the presence of a great actress . '' And he mentioned a name that thrilled me -- a name that , in those days , could thrill Europe . It is hushed now : its once restless echoes are all still ; she who bore it went years ago to her rest : night and oblivion long since closed above her ; but _ then _ her day -- a day of Sirius -- stood at its full height , light and fervour . `` I 'll go ; I will be ready in ten minutes , '' I vowed .