a quarter past twelve
`` I was , sir . '' `` Does the train for London stop at Lone at that hour ? '' `` The up-train stops at Lone , at a quarter past twal , sir , and seldom varies for as muckle as twa minutes . '' `` It stopped last night as usual , at a quarter past twelve ? '' `` It did , sir , av coorse . '' `` Did any passengers get on that train from Lone ? '' '' _ One _ passenger did , sir ; whilk I remarked it more particularly , because the passenger was a young lass , travelling her lane , and it is unco seldom a woman tak 's that train at that hour , and never her lane . ''