half past eleven
`` I am going to set about unloading the flour . '' `` Why , it 's only a quarter to twelve , and dinner just ready . The fish went into the frying pan as you came up from the boat . You know we generally dine at half past eleven , but we saw you coming at a distance and put it off . It 's no use your starting now . '' `` Well , I suppose it is n't . And I do n't know what the young masters ' appetite may be , but mine is pretty good , I can tell you . ''