quarter past eight
`` You 're sure he was here all that time ? '' I asked . `` No , sah , I ai n't suah , but Ah seen him ev ' y now an ' den thu de ev ` nin ' . '' `` Was he here at quarter past eight ? '' I questioned . `` He was heah at twenty-fahv minutes past eight , Ah knows , cause Ah done brought him a drink . '' `` You 're sure of that ? ''