a quarter to four
Shall _ you _ be ? ' ` Oh yes -- long before dinner . ' So she got away without any explanation . At a quarter to four she reached the block of flats in which the Bevises -LRB- and Everard Barfoot -RRB- resided . With a fluttering of the heart , she went very quietly upstairs , as if anxious that her footsteps should not be heard ; her knock at the door was timid . Bevis in person opened to her . ` Delighted !