quarter before ten
No doubt he knew , no doubt all the servants knew , how devoted to her Seymour was . She went into the drawing-room and sat down by the fire , and very soon Murgatroyd brought in the camomile tea . Then he placed on a side table a box of cigars , whisky and Perrier water , and went out . The clock chimed the quarter before ten . Camomile tea is generally supposed to be good for the nerves . That was why Lady Sellingworth had ordered it ; that was why she drank it now . For now she was beginning to feel horribly nervous , and the feeling seemed to increase in her with every passing moment .