About eleven o'clock
We are not real thieves '' ; and with a laugh he turned away . Mr. Barnes felt himself powerless , and besides recalled the fact that whilst he followed this will-o ' - the-wisp he was not keeping an eye upon Ali Baba . Hurrying back into the ball-room , he soon found him , though he had parted from Scheherezade . About eleven o'clock , a blare upon a cornet attracted the attention of the frolicking throng . A man dressed as a Genius announced that the time had arrived for the entertainment . Immediately every one went into the Aladdin 's Cave room , except Scheherezade and the Sultan , and a heavy pair of satin curtains were dropped , so that they hid the Cave from the Sultan 's Palace . The Sultan lay down upon a divan near the curtains , and Scheherezade sat beside him upon a satin cushion on the floor .