a quarter to ten
_ Sit down ! _ '' `` Thanks , I 've got to be moseying along , '' replied Captain Edwards . `` It 's pretty near ten . I think it would be a rather good idea if we had a rule that football men were to be in their rooms at a quarter to ten all during the season . '' `` I can see that you 're going to be one of these here martinets you read about , '' said Tim with a sigh . `` Steve , remember you were young once yourself . '' `` He never was ! ''