a quarter to six
Whenever Martha approached , Elsa told her that she wanted nothing , that she was head-achy , and wanted to be left alone . Discreetly Martha vanished . To prevent the possibility of missing Warrington , Elsa had engaged the room boy to loiter about down-stairs and to report to her the moment Warrington arrived . The boy came pattering up at a quarter to six . `` He come . He downside . I go , he come top-side ? ''