a quarter to eleven
`` Short for ` Zero , ' '' said Jonah . `` I think my groom started it , and I -- '' `` Zero , '' said Berry quietly . `` I 'm much obliged . '' * * * * * It was a quarter to eleven , and Berry had lost one hundred and seventy pounds . Across her husband 's back Daphne threw me a despairing glance . Upon the opposite side of the table , Adèle and Jill , one upon either side of Jonah , stared miserably before them . I lighted my tenth cigarette and wondered what Berry had done ... .