quarter to twelve
`` Perhaps not . '' And then Wedderburn looked at his watch . `` Twenty-three minutes past eight . I am going up by the quarter to twelve train , so that there is plenty of time . I think I shall wear my alpaca jacket -- it is quite warm enough -- and my grey felt hat and brown shoes . I suppose -- '' He glanced out of the window at the serene sky and sunlit garden , and then nervously at his cousin 's face . `` I think you had better take an umbrella if you are going to London , '' she said in a voice that admitted of no denial .