a quarter to twelve
`` Apes and tigers . What says the Book ? '' Sanchia let them run , so the distorted tale was pieced together . At a quarter to twelve -- it must have been that , because Emma heard the stableclock chime the half-hour -- Struan was seen in his blacks . He came out of the wood-house , an ashplant in his hand . `` Apes and tigers , apes and tigers , '' from Mrs. Benson -- his face was dreadful to see . Who said so ?