a quarter to twelve
`` There 's no reason to go , '' said the Duke . `` Why ARE you going ? '' `` Danger , '' said M. Gournay-Martin . `` You read Lupin 's telegram : ` I shall come to-night between a quarter to twelve and midnight to take the coronet . ' He knows that it was in my bedroom . Do you think I 'm going to sleep in that room with the chance of that scoundrel turning up and cutting my throat ? '' `` Oh , you can have a dozen policemen in the room if you like , '' said the Duke .