a quarter to twelve
said Marshmoreton , hope fading from his voice . `` Thank you , Miss Faraday , '' said Lady Caroline . `` The twelve-fifteen . '' `` The motor will be round at a quarter to twelve . '' `` Thank you . Oh , by the way , Miss Faraday , will you call to Reggie as you pass , and tell him I wish to speak to him . '' Maud had left Reggie by the time Alice Faraday reached him , and that ardent youth was sitting on a stone seat , smoking a cigarette and entertaining himself with meditations in which thoughts of Alice competed for precedence with graver reflections connected with the subject of the correct stance for his approach-shots .