about a quarter to six
After a day in the open air , with the aromatic scent of the hops all round them , the happy pickers slept like tops . By nine o'clock all was quiet in the meadow and everyone in bed but one or two men who still lingered in the public-house and would not come back till it was closed at ten . Athelny walked there with Philip . But before he went Mrs. Athelny said to him : `` We breakfast about a quarter to six , but I daresay you wo n't want to get up as early as that . You see , we have to set to work at six . '' `` Of course he must get up early , '' cried Athelny , `` and he must work like the rest of us . He 's got to earn his board .