a quarter to
eleven
Whilst he was at breakfast a letter arrived for him . He did not know the handwriting on the envelope , but it must be Eve 's . Yes . She wrote a couple of lines : `` I will be at the station to-morrow at a quarter to eleven . -- E. M. '' One travelling bag was all he carried . Some purchases that he had made in London -- especially the great work on French cathedrals -- were already despatched to Birmingham , to lie in the care of Robert Narramore .