a quarter to four o'clock
ALL this time Ina Klosking was rehearsing at the theater , quite unconscious of the impending visit . A royal personage had commanded `` Il Barbiere , '' the part of Rosina to be restored to the original key . It was written for a contralto , but transposed by the influence of Grisi . Having no performance that night , they began to rehearse rather later than usual , and did not leave off till a quarter to four o'clock . Ina , who suffered a good deal at rehearsals from the inaccuracy and apathy of the people , went home fagged , and with her throat parched -- so does a bad rehearsal affect all good and earnest artists . She ordered a cutlet , with potato chips , and lay down on the sofa . While she was reposing , came Joseph Ashmead , to cheer her , with good photographs of her , taken the day before .