five o'clock
When Henderson came in at three he found Ardessa , chilly , but civil , awaiting his instructions . He knew she disapproved of his tastes and his manners , but he did n't mind . What interested and amused him was that Rena Kalski , whom he had always thought as cold-blooded as an adding-machine , seemed to be making a hair-mattress of herself to break Ardessa 's fall . At five o'clock , when Ardessa rose to go , the business manager said breezily : `` See you at nine in the morning , Miss Devine . We begin on the stroke . '' Ardessa faded out of the door , and Miss Kalski 's slender back squirmed with amusement . `` I never thought to hear such words spoken , '' she admitted ; `` but I guess she 'll limber up all right .