about a
quarter after eleven
We collared him soon , though , and bundled him into a cab for Scotland Yard , where , upon his arrival , the scoundrel again caused a rumpus by jumping and twisting around when they went to put him into a prison-cell , so that it required the combined efforts of four fat policemen to hold him down . `` Gosh ! I feel as if I could sleep for a year , after all that excitement out at Normanstow Towers ! '' sighed Holmes , as he mopped his forehead on arriving finally at our old rooms on Baker Street , about a quarter after eleven that Friday morning . `` Same here , Holmes . You have nothing on me in that respect , '' I said , as I threw off my coat and put on my well-worn lavender smoking jacket , preparatory to sitting down in my old chair and enjoying a good , quiet , peaceful smoke before luncheon , far from the madding diamond-thieves ' ignoble strife . After luncheon , served by our old reliable landlady , Mrs. Hudson , who still did business at the old stand unmoved by the shame that had recently come to the noble House of Puddingham , we played chess until two o'clock , when the mail-carrier brought us an envelope addressed to Holmes , with an earl 's coronet engraved on it .