a quarter past six
He did not , at the moment , care to look at her . `` You might go and ask Mrs. Gale to send me in a cup of tea . '' Alice went out . `` It 's a quarter past six now , '' she said to herself . `` They must come back from Bar Hill by Upthorne . I shall meet them at Upthorne if I start now . '' She slipped her rough coat over the new gown and started .