Quarter before eight
Flint , I 'm glad to see you waking up to some decent sense of social observances . '' `` What time is it ? '' asked his friend , absently , oblivious of the watch in his pocket . `` Quarter before eight , '' Brady answered . `` Then out of my room with you , for I have just time to dress and get down there . If one must do these things , the sooner they are out of the way the better . '' _ An Extract from the Journal of Miss Susan Standish , New York , November 12 .