A quarter past three
`` Ca n't we go down to Sandford first and have a glass of ale ? What time is it ? -- the water has stopped my watch . '' `` A quarter past three . I have about twenty minutes to spare . '' `` Come along , then , '' said Tom ; `` but will you let me pull your skiff down to Sandford ? I resolved to pull to Sandford to-day , and do n't like to give it up . ''