a quarter past five o'clock
`` I am certain , '' she said , `` that from half-past five until now no one has gone up or down the stairs but the people who live in the house . '' `` But before half-past five ? '' `` I have told you that from a quarter past five until half-past I was not in my lodge . '' `` And before a quarter past five o'clock ? '' `` Several persons passed whom I did not know . '' `` Did any one among them ask you for Monsieur Caffie ? '' `` No ; that is to say , yes .