a quarter to six
`` It is four o'clock , dear M. Schmucke . I must go home to dinner . My wife is a box-opener -- she will not know what has become of me . The theatre opens at a quarter to six , you know . '' `` Yes , I know ... but remember dat I am alone in die earth , dat I haf no friend . You dat haf shed a tear for Bons enliden me ; I am in teep tarkness , und Bons said dat I vas in der midst of shcoundrels . '' `` I have seen that plainly already ; I have just prevented them from sending you to Clichy . ''