Nearly a quarter to eight
`` I entirely disagree , '' said Mary . There was a silence . Anne looked at her watch . `` Nearly a quarter to eight , '' she said . `` I wonder when Ivor will turn up . '' She got up from her deck-chair and , leaning her elbows on the balustrade of the terrace , looked out over the valley and towards the farther hills . Under the level evening light the architecture of the land revealed itself .