quarter-to-eleven-o'clock

Updated: June 13, 2025

She was still laughing as she held out her firm white arms for the customary morning good-by. "Run off, since you are in a hurry. I will go to meet you at the little bridge to-night." "No, no, I insist on your going to bed! You know very well that even if I catch the quarter-to-eleven-o'clock train, I cannot reach Janville before half-past eleven. Ah! what a day I have before me!

Émile Zola - Fruitfulness

You warned Marianne, eh?" "Certainly. She knows that I shall return by the quarter-to-eleven-o'clock train." Beauchene had sunk upon a chair: "Ah! my dear fellow, I'm worn out," he continued; "I dined in town last night; I got to bed only at one o'clock. And there was a terrible lot of work waiting for me this morning. One positively needs to be made of iron."

Émile Zola - Fruitfulness