eight minutes past four
`` I have no doubt you did . '' `` This horse thinks he 's at a funeral . What o'clock is it ? '' `` It 's only eight minutes past four . There is plenty of time . '' When they alighted , Lalage hurried into the restaurant ; scrutinized the tables ; and selected the best lighted one . The waiter , a decorous elderly man , approached with some severity of manner , and handed a bill of fare to Marmaduke .