Quarter to five
`` My mind is full of any number of material things . I want a warm bath too much to worry about the importance of my work or what proportion of us are pathetic figures . '' Dawn made itself felt in a gathering whiteness eastward over the river and an intermittent cheeping in the near-by trees . `` Quarter to five , '' sighed Dick ; `` almost another hour to wait . Look ! Two gone . '' He was pointing to Anthony , whose lids had sagged over his eyes .