a quarter to five
`` You drive back ? '' `` Ye -- es . '' He took out his watch and made a brief calculation . `` Go now , call at Clankwood or do anything else you like , and pass down the drive again at a quarter to five . '' This sudden pinning of her irresolution almost took Lady Alicia 's breath away . `` But I never said -- -- '' she began . `` My dear friend , '' he interrupted , `` in the hour of action only a fool ever says .