two
o'clock sharp precisely
Continued Mr. Seth , closely observing Dorothy who , alone of all the company , was not smiling : `` Now , for the morning . I suggest that you pass it quietly at home ; tennis , reading , lounging in hammocks -- any way to leave yourselves free from fatigue for the afternoon . Dinah says ` Y' arly dinnah ' ; because all the ` help ' want to go to the circus and I want to have them . So we must get the dishes washed betimes , for the ` Greatest Show On Earth ' opens its afternoon performance at two o'clock sharp precisely to the minute ! and I , for one , can not , positively can not , miss the Grand Entrance ! Umm . I see them now , in fancy 's eye , the cream colored horses , the glittering spangles , the acrobats in tights , the monkeys , the -- the -- '' `` Oh !