a quarter to twelve
Give him six months ' quiet , free from worry and all anxiety , and he would do it . Many a year had passed since he had enjoyed a month of quiet ; and glancing again at the letter on the table , he thought that perhaps at that very moment a score of gallery boys were hissing his play . Perhaps at that very moment Ford was making up his mind to announce the last six nights of _ Divorce _ . At a quarter to twelve he heard Rose 's foot on the stairs . He opened the door . ` How did the piece go to-night ? ' ` Pretty well . '