a quarter to eight
That shows the stuff the boy is made of . '' `` Pretty poor stuff , I 'm afraid , '' agreed Bob . `` But , after all , Mother , here I am safe and sound , and all 's well that ends well . '' By a quarter to eight that evening the boys began to come , and even the tardy Jimmy was on hand before the time scheduled for the concert to begin . In addition to the pleasure they anticipated from the unusually fine program , they were keenly curious to learn what improvement , if any , had been made by the installation of the umbrella aerial . They were not long left in doubt . From the very first tuning in there was an increase in the clearness and volume of the sound that surpassed all their expectations .