A quarter to five
`` As you please , '' I nodded , and sitting down , mechanically took out my pipe and began to fill it , while she opened her book , frowning . And after she had read very studiously for perhaps two minutes , she drew out and consulted her watch . I did the same . `` A quarter to five ! '' I said . Lisbeth glanced down at me with the air of one who is deliberating upon two courses of action , and when at length she spoke , every trace of irritation had vanished completely . `` Dick , I 'm awfully hungry . ''