about a quarter to eleven
`` Thank you , '' said Godfrey , taking off his hat with much politeness . `` If that is so , I will leave heaven to itself for the present and content myself with Grosvenor Square . '' Off he started in the direction indicated , and , as it seemed to him , walked for many miles through a long and bewildering series of brilliant streets , continually seeking new information as to his goal . The end of it was that at about a quarter to eleven he found himself somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Edgware Road , utterly stranded as it were , since his mind seemed incapable of appreciating further indications of locality . `` Look here , young man , '' said a breezy costermonger to whom he had appealed , `` I think you had better take a ` ansom for the ` orse will know more about London than you seem to do . There 's one ` andy . '' `` That is an idea , '' said Godfrey , and entered the cab , giving the address of Grosvenor Square .