eight o'clock
We did n't ask any of the girls about them , because if we could n't find them we feel sure the others could n't . So we just kept quiet . '' `` I do n't know what is to be done , I 'm sure , '' said Miss Tebbs in an anxious tone . `` It is eight o'clock now and the curtain is supposed to run up at 8.15 . I can hold it until 8.30 , but no longer . The house is already well filled . You might get through the first act in a borrowed gown , Anne , but what can you do in the second ?