a quarter past
seven
you need not be away from them more than an hour . It wo n't be _ dark _ , Miss Channing . '' After this , fearing their ridicule , nothing would have kept Charley away . He promised faithfully to be in the cloisters at a quarter past seven . Accordingly , the instant tea was over , he got to his lessons ; Tom at one side of the table -- who had more , in proportion , to do than Charles -- he at the other . Thus were they engaged when Hamish entered . `` What sort of a night is it , Hamish ? ''