a quarter
past five
Early the next morning he bought a cake and a bottle of Madeira . He spread the collation on his dressing-table which was covered with a napkin . Then he waited . She came at a quarter past five and exclaimed as she entered : `` Why , it is nice here . But there were a great many people on the stairs . '' He took her in his arms and kissed her hair . An hour and a half later he escorted her to a cab-stand on the Rue de Rome .