a quarter to seven
It struck Kennedy that this might be one of those occasions . If so , he would send back a polite but firm refusal of the invitation . Last time he had gone to help Jimmy entertain a guest of this kind , conversation had come to a dead standstill a quarter of an hour after his arrival , the guest refusing to do anything except eat prodigiously , and reply `` Yes '' or `` No '' , as the question might demand , when spoken to . Also he had declined to stir from his seat till a quarter to seven . Kennedy was not going to be let in for another orgy of that nature if he knew it . `` Who 's with Silver ? '' he asked .