ten in the morning
inquired her best beau , noting her expression . `` Yes , '' she replied , `` but it 's chronic in our family ! '' Isabelle went directly to their town house and demanded a bed of the caretaker , who was an old family servant . At ten in the morning she presented herself at the stage door of the New York Theatre , and sent in a card to Mr. Cartel . Word came out that he had not arrived . She was not permitted to go in , and to her great indignation she had to march up and down the alley for an hour until the great one came . At sight of him she felt that all her troubles were at an end .