quarter to seven
`` Well , you see , sir , it 's like this : I do n't get no chance to improve my mind . Up at six o'clock -- No , '' cried the man emphatically , `` I will speak the honest truth if I die for it ! It ai n't much before seven when I begin work , sir , for you see I have such a stiff beard , and it does grow so , I 'm obliged to shave reg ` lar . Well , say quarter to seven I begin , and it 's boots and shoes . When they 're done it 's hard work to get my knives done before breakfast . Then there 's the breakfast cloth to lay , and the toast to make , and after breakfast master 's and your dress-clothes to brush ; and them done , my plate to clean . That brings me up to laying the cloth for lunch , and -- '' `` Look here , Edward , '' cried Jack impatiently , `` do you suppose I want to learn all you do in a day ? ''