a quarter to seven
I am tired of this fantastic Germany ! Let us return to France ! '' Quickly crossing the room and approaching the door , he stood on the threshold and glanced again at the clock . `` It is a quarter to seven , '' he said ; `` in fifteen minutes there will be one lunatic less in Germany ! '' A few minutes afterward a carriage rolled down the avenue of the palace of Schönbrunn . The emperor had departed . At the same time the room opened in which Staps had been confined for three days , under the close surveillance of two gendarmes .