ten past ten
It 'll take an expert . There 's a lot of old things -- Greek and Latin -- that 's something in _ your _ line , is n't it ? '' But Rickman 's line at present was the line of least resistance . It was ten past ten , and Poppy Grace was `` on '' from ten fifteen to ten forty . She was only an ordinary little variety actress , and he knew her little programme pretty well by heart . But her fascinations were independent of the glamour of the foot-lights . It was off the stage that he had first come to know her , really know her , a thing that at the first blush of it seems impossible ; for the great goddess Diana is not more divinely secret and secluded than -LRB- to a young bookseller -RRB- a popular Dance and Song Artiste in private life .