a quarter past seven
Her `` or _ surely _ I shall die , '' brought a silver threepence from one of them , and a copper from each of the others . Betty felt wealthy now , beyond the dreams of avarice . She had made a shilling in an hour ! She looked at the post office clock high up in the air there above her head , and it informed her that it was only a quarter past seven . Not eight o'clock yet ! And she had made a shilling ! Twelve pennies !