Quarter before eight
`` What time is it , Lizzie ? '' he asked . His wife went across the hall to inquire , and came back . `` Quarter before eight . '' `` They 'll be startin ' the first bout in a few minutes , '' he said . `` Only a try-out . Then there 's a four-round spar ` tween Dealer Wells an ' Gridley , an ' a ten-round go ` tween Starlight an ' some sailor bloke .