The stage was set in the middle of the _patio_ of a large house.

The boy insisted that we would be late, and so we went at 7:15, although the bill announced the hour as 8.

The spectators brought their own chairs with them.

Except a few youngsters, no one arrived before 9, and the curtain at last rose at a quarter before eleven.

Among the last to arrive was the _presidente_ and his party.