half after
five sharp
`` So it seems , '' said Mrs. Heth , and sank into a chair . Canning smiled . `` Very pleasant little diggings he has here , '' he observed casually -- `` my first glimpse of them . I happened to be coming in town on business , and Kerr invited me particularly to drop in to see them , at half after five sharp . '' `` Really ! How _ very _ fortunate we are ! But , oh , why did n't you come a little earlier and charitably help us through the wait ?