nine o'clock exactly
When I considered the number of engagements upon my hands already , it made me quite faint to contemplate even an _ arrangimento _ in addition to them . We told the Malts where we had been and they told us where they had been as well as we could across the table without seeming too confidential , and after dinner Emmeline led the way to the enclosed verandah which commanded the Falls . `` Come along , ladies and gentlemen , '' said Emmeline , `` and see the great big old Schaffhausen Fraud . Performance begins at nine o'clock exactly , and no reserve seats , so unless you want to get left , Mrs. Portheris , you 'd better put a hustle on . '' Miss Malt had gone through several processes of annihilation at Mrs. Portheris 's hands , and had always come out of them so much livelier than ever , that our Aunt Caroline had abandoned her to America some time previously . `` Emmeline ! '' exclaimed Mrs. Malt , `` you are _ too _ personal . ''