a quarter to four
It is , if my watch tells me the truth , five and twenty minutes to four . It is the last day of April . The year you know . You have exactly one minute to decide whether you will live a short time longer , or whether you will on this last day of April , and before -- say , a quarter to four , make that little journey the nature of which you and I have discussed more than once . '' Still the man upon the bed made no movement nor any reply . Mr. Fentolin sighed and beckoned to Doctor Sarson . `` I am afraid , '' he whispered , `` that that wonderful drug of yours , Doctor , has been even a little too far-reaching in its results .