a quarter past seven
`` It 's more 'n long past midnight ! '' he insisted . `` Huh ! it ai n't only a quarter past seven , '' put in his superior brother . He seemed about to say more , but a glance from the grandfather silenced him . So _ that _ was as late as he had stayed -- a quarter after seven ? He was ready now to rage at any taunt , and began to eat in haughty silence .