a half past six
`` I 'll get back in time to see him . '' Upon this , the suspicious-looking young man finished his porter , and saying that he was rather in a hurry , took leave of his friend -LRB- perhaps I should not be wrong if I said his accomplice ? -RRB- , and left the room . At twenty-five minutes and a half past six -- in these serious cases it is important to be particular about time -- Mr. Jay finished his chops and paid his bill . At twenty-six minutes and three-quarters I finished my chops and paid mine . In ten minutes more I was inside the house in Rutherford Street , and was received by Mrs. Yatman in the passage . That charming woman 's face exhibited an expression of melancholy and disappointment which it quite grieved me to see .