a quarter to eleven
Grand Duke Vodkakoff 's preparations were ready . * * * * * Few more fortunate events have occurred in the history of English literature than the quite accidental visit of Mr. Bart Kennedy to the Lobelia on that historic night . He happened to turn in there casually after dinner , and was thus enabled to see the whole thing from start to finish . At a quarter to eleven a wild-eyed man charged in at the main entrance of Carmelite House , and , too impatient to use the lift , dashed up the stairs , shouting for pens , ink and paper . Next morning the _ Daily Mail _ was one riot of headlines . The whole of page five was given up to the topic . The headlines were not elusive .