a quarter to twelve
Why ? -- ` cause he 'd like to marry her for her money . Yes , I 'm sure it 's him . Things look black against him : he stayed in town all night , a thing he never did before -- leaves the supper at a quarter to twelve , so as to avoid suspicion ; waits till Villiers comes out at two in the morning and kills him . Aha ! my handsome jackadandy , ' cried Slivers , viciously , suddenly stopping and shaking his stick at an imaginary Vandeloup ; ` I 've got you under my thumb , and I 'll crush the life out of you -- and of her also , if I can ; ' and with this amiable resolution Slivers resumed his way . Slivers ' argument was plausible , but there were plenty of flaws in it , which , however , he did not stop to consider , so carried away was he by his anger against Madame Midas .