about a quarter to seven
`` Goo ' - night , sir , '' she said . `` Good-night , Gertrude , '' I replied ; and leaving her standing on the step I set off down the street . Whatever else prison might have done for me , it certainly seemed to have given me a capacity for making friends . I reached Florence Court at about a quarter to seven , keeping a sharp lookout along the embankment as I approached for any sign of a loitering detective . Except for one aged gentleman , however , who seemed to be wholly occupied in spitting in the Thames , the stretch in front of the studios was absolutely deserted . Glancing at the board in the hall as I entered , I saw that `` Mr. Morrison '' and `` Miss Vivien '' were both `` in '' -- a statement which in Tommy 's case was confirmed a moment later by his swift appearance at the door in answer to my knock . `` Mr. Morrison , I believe ? ''