a quarter to twelve
Kinsella hoisted his sail and took the tiller . The boat swung up into the wind and coursed away to the south west , close hauled to a stiff west wind . The thunder cloud burst over Rosnacree . Sir Lucius and Lord Torrington drove into the town and pulled up in front of Brannigan 's shop at a quarter to twelve . They looked round the empty harbour in some surprise . Sir Lucius went at once into the shop . Lord Torrington , being an Englishman with a proper belief in the forces of law and order , walked a few yards back and entered the police barracks .