twenty-five minutes before eight
Her plump face broke up into sly lines and she nodded happily . `` Marty 'll come for you at quarter before eight ; he telephoned before you got home . '' Martin Wetherby was even better than his word , which was one of his most sterling traits . He arrived at twenty-five minutes before eight and waited contentedly in converse with her aunt until Jane came down . `` I did n't bring the car , '' he said . `` I thought we 'd like to walk . '' When they reached the sidewalk he lifted her right forearm in a warm , moist grasp and held it firmly close against him .