quarter before eight
That paper was a nervous strain , _ that 's _ all ! Now you just eat a good supper and then run upstairs and make yourself as pretty as you can ! '' Her plump face broke up into sly lines and she nodded happily . `` Marty 'll come for you at quarter before eight ; he telephoned before you got home . '' Martin Wetherby was even better than his word , which was one of his most sterling traits . He arrived at twenty-five minutes before eight and waited contentedly in converse with her aunt until Jane came down . `` I did n't bring the car , '' he said .