a quarter to ten
There was no risk that Sylvia Bailey would fall a victim to blackmailers -- she had nothing to be ashamed of , nothing to conceal . But still he hated to think that she was , even now , alone with a man and woman of whom he had formed such a bad impression . He took his watch out of his pocket . `` There 's a train for Lacville at a quarter to ten , '' he said slowly . `` That would be an excellent train for -- for _ us _ -- to take -- '' `` Then are you thinking of going back to Lacville too ? '' There was that sarcastic inflection in the Englishman 's voice which the Count had learned to look for and to resent . `` Yes . ''