a quarter past ten
he exclaimed . `` Will you please look at your watch , and tell me what time it is ? I 'm afraid it 's too late for me to go home . '' `` It 's a quarter past ten , '' answered papa . `` I 'll go then , as quick as I can , and come back this afternoon ; mamma is going to read me a story when Winnie is asleep . '' Papa carried the little girl and put her in the carriage . Bertie took up the reins and drove off with a good-by bow , which the gentleman returned with a loving smile .