a quarter to eight
Try one ! I prefer them to Turkish myself . '' He leaned his head against the carvings of the partition , and drew the smoke in through his nostrils slowly , his eyes half closed . `` It is a quarter to eight now , '' said Ritter , `` but there is plenty of time . -- I should n't have asked that question perhaps , Velasco . Forgive me . My own affairs have turned my thoughts too much on that subject . ''