a quarter to seven
Grace is the eldest , I would give way to her , but I 'm not going to give way to you . Cook , the dinner wo n't be ready for another half hour , will it ? '' `` I do n't know when the dinner will be ready , and I do n't care . '' `` It is a quarter to seven now , dinner wo n't be ready before seven , will it , cook ? Keep it back a bit . Now I must be off . '' And , as Maggie expected , Sally ran past the glass houses and the pear and apple trees , for there was at the end of the vegetable garden a door in the brick wall that enclosed the manor house .