a quarter
to seven
Well , perhaps you remember the address they gave to the Prince of Wales on the platform of the Mariposa station as he went through on his tour to the west . I think that pretty well settled that question . So you will easily understand that of course everybody belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Masons and Oddfellows , just as they all belong to the Snow Shoe Club and the Girls ' Friendly Society . And meanwhile the whistle of the steamer has blown again for a quarter to seven : -- loud and long this time , for any one not here now is late for certain ; unless he should happen to come down in the last fifteen minutes . What a crowd upon the wharf and how they pile on to the steamer ! It 's a wonder that the boat can hold them all . But that 's just the marvellous thing about the Mariposa Belle .