quarter to five
And if these miss the ball , and it rolls dangerously in front of our goal , Crab Jones and his men have seized it , and sent it away towards the sides with the unerring drop-kick . This is worth living for ; the whole sum of school-boy existence gathered up into one straining , struggling half-hour , a half-hour worth a year of common life . EAST 'S CHARGE . The quarter to five has struck , and the play slackens for a minute before goal ; but there is Crew , the artful dodger , driving the ball in behind our goal , on the island side , where our quarters are weakest . Is there no one to meet him ? Yes , look at little East ! the ball is just at equal distances between the two , and they rush together , the young man of seventeen , and the boy of twelve , and kick it at the same moment .