a quarter past five
`` I know it , Mr. Rosier . '' `` Did she tell you ? '' `` Yes , she told me . Behave properly for the rest of the evening , and come and see me to-morrow at a quarter past five . '' She was severe , and in the manner in which she turned her back to him there was a degree of contempt which caused him to mutter a decent imprecation . He had no intention of speaking to Osmond ; it was neither the time nor the place . But he instinctively wandered toward Isabel , who sat talking with an old lady .