a quarter past nine
`` And afterwards ? '' `` He left the club in a taxi at eight . But what his movements exactly were we can not ascertain . He returned to his chambers at a quarter past nine in order to change his clothes and go back to Salisbury , but he was almost immediately taken ill . Barker declares that his master sent him out on an errand instantly on his return , and that when he came in he found him dying . '' `` Did he not explain what the errand was ? '' `` No ; he refused to say . ''