nine o'clock
`` No one will care for anything else after he plays . The audience will have the memory of his music to take away with them , '' Grace had said wisely . Knowing the musician 's horror of being lionized , Grace had confided the secret to no one except Miriam , Anne , Mabel Ashe and Elfreda , who , in company with her and Eleanor , had met him at the train and dined with him at the `` Tourraine . '' It had been arranged that at half-past nine o'clock Anne and Elfreda should go for him and escort him to Music Hall . At precisely ten minutes past ten o'clock he was escorted through the side entrance to the hall by his two smiling guides , and into the little room just off the stage that did duty for a green room . Eleanor 's quick exclamation of , `` You have plenty of time , Father , there are two more numbers before yours , '' caused the various performers to open their eyes , and when Eleanor turned to those in the room , saying sweetly , `` Girls , this is my father . He is going to play for us , '' astonishment looked out from every face .