a quarter to seven
`` That 's better . Now go to your bedroom , and make yourself look more like the Malcolm Stratton I know . I 'll be off now . I shall be back at a quarter to seven , and then we 'll go out and have a bit of dinner together . '' `` No , no ; I could not go . '' `` What ! I 'm coming , I say , at a quarter to seven , and then we 're going out to dine . ''