a quarter to four
I knew then how brutal they had been ... Inscrutable , you know . Once more in that same watch I had a somewhat similar experience , only in this instance it had vanished even before I had time to reach a light . And then came eight bells , and our watch below . _ The Great Ghost Ship _ When we were called again , at a quarter to four , the man who roused us out , had some queer information . `` Toppin 's gone -- clean vanished ! '' he told us , as we began to turn out . `` I never was in such a damned , hair-raisin ' hooker as this here .