a quarter to seven
`` Oh , he 'll be safe there . You trust me that-he 'll be safe there ! '' `` And I 'll sit up with him to-night , '' said Hester . `` Well -- all right , Mrs. O'Flaherty , I 'll meet you at a quarter to seven at the corner of Sparrow Street . '' There are times when it is dreadful to be quite alone -- when the head reels , and the floor seems to sink down beneath one , and the solid earth seems no longer firm and supporting . And when one is very young , and , although the battle of life has gone hard , the years that have passed over our heads are only a few , and we feel that we ought to be petted and loved , and made much of , and held tenderly in our mother 's arms , with that tired , weary , drooping little head resting on her breast , -- then the loneliness is very hard to bear , and the brave child-heart cries in terror , and wonders if God no longer suffers little children to come to Him . The captain was very weak and ill .