a quarter before seven
`` Plenty of time , is n't there ? '' `` No , there is n't , '' his cousin answered , and there was a touch of snap in the accent . `` Really , Rex , you ought to grow up and be responsible . It was distinctly arranged that you should call here for me at six , and now it 's a quarter before seven . '' `` Could n't remember the hour or the place to save my life , '' the younger man asserted earnestly . `` I 'm just as sorry as I can be , Carty . You see I did remember we were to dine at Martin 's .