eight o'clock
he yells through the megaphone . `` The only original Sagawa show on the road , remember ! Come early , gents , and bring your lady friends . The doors of the big tent will open at eight o'clock -- eight o'clock -- and at eight-fifteen Mlle. Peroxide , the near queen of comedy , will cut loose on the coon songs . '' `` My word ! '' says the duchess , as she squints through her glasses at the aggregation . But the rest of the guests was just ripe for something of the kind .