quarter past ten
`` Well , shaver , you 're prompt , '' announced he , pointing to the clock with evident satisfaction . `` You said ten , sir . '' `` So I did . Nevertheless , I often say ten and get quarter past ten or even eleven o'clock . Sit down . '' He motioned toward a huge leather chair at his elbow and slipping into it the boy perched with anticipation on its forward edge . `` Well , what about that Miss Harling we were talking of yesterday ?