quarter to one
Two or three times during the conversation David had gone to the window overlooking his lawn and looked out with a general air of observing the weather , and at this point he did so again , coming back to his seat with a look of satisfaction , for which there was , to John , no obvious reason . He sat for a moment without speaking , and then , looking at his watch , said : `` Wa'al , dinner 's at one o'clock , an ' Polly 's a great one fer bein ' on time . Guess I 'll go out an ' have another look at that pesky colt . You better go over to the house ` bout quarter to one , an ' you c 'n make your t ` ilet over there . I 'm ` fraid if you go over to the Eagle it 'll spoil your appetite . She 'd think it might , anyway . '' So David departed to see the colt , and John got out some of the books and busied himself with them until the time to present himself at David 's house .