eight o'clock
It is difficult to copy with absolute exactness when only your fingers are busy , and your brain is far away . Ingred planned enough entertainments to supply a Pierrot troupe for a month , but abandoned most of them as being quite impossible to act with the very limited resources that were available at the hostel . At a select Foursome Committee after school , however , she presented the pick of the performances , and as nobody else had thought of anything better , or indeed quite so good , her suggestions , with a few amendments and alterations , were carried unanimously . At eight o'clock that evening , when preparation was finished , the boarders ' room was rapidly transformed into an amateur theater . The trestle tables were carried to one end to form the gallery , rows of chairs represented the dress circle , and cushions in front either the pit or the stalls , according to individual taste , or , as Mrs. Best said , the behavior of the occupants . There was no curtain , but , as the scenery preserved Shakespearian methods of simplicity , that did not matter . Part of the charm of these Thursday night entertainments was their absolutely spontaneous character , and the fact that many details had to be left to the imagination of the spectators only made things more amusing .