a quarter past eleven
`` It 's a shame to frighten them so ! '' By eleven o'clock the excitement of the day had wearied her so that she fell fast asleep in the arm-chair beside the fire . She woke to find Aunt Anne standing over her . `` It 's a quarter past eleven . It 's time to put on your things , '' she said . So she was to go ! She rose and , in spite of herself , her limbs were trembling and her teeth chattered .