a quarter after ten
He freed me at that , but he followed to the telephone , and stood by while I got Lida . He was in a perfect frenzy of anxiety , turning red and white by turns , and in the middle of the conversation taking the receiver bodily from me and holding it to his own ear . She said she thought she could get away ; she spoke guardedly , as if Alma were near , but I gathered that she would come as soon as she could , and , from the way her voice broke , I knew she was as excited as the boy beside me . She came , heavily coated and veiled , at a quarter after ten that night , and I took her back to the dining-room , where he was waiting . He did not make a move toward her , but stood there with his very lips white , looking at her . And , at first , she did not make a move either , but stood and gazed at him , thin and white , a wreck of himself . Then : `` Ell ! ''