a quarter past eight
_ That 's _ something like '' -- said the man , rather more good-humoredly . `` Is ' t _ sartain _ Mr. Titmouse had nothing to do with it ? '' `` To be sure not ! -- Now , mind , by a quarter past eight -- eh ? '' inquired Mudflint , very anxiously , and somewhat sullenly . `` I 'm a man of my word -- no one can say I ever broke it in earnest ; and as for a straightforward bit o ' business like this , I say , I 'm your man -- so here 's my hand . '' ... `` Do n't _ that _ look rather like business ? ''