twenty
minutes to three
Laurine has baptized you . It 's a nice little nickname for you , and I will call you Pretty-boy , too . '' He had taken the little girl on his knee , and he had to play with her at all the games he had taught her . He rose to take his leave at twenty minutes to three to go to the office of the paper , and on the staircase , through the half-closed door , he still whispered : `` To-morrow , at five . '' She answered `` Yes , '' with a smile , and disappeared . As soon as he had got through his day 's work , he speculated how he should arrange his room to receive his mistress , and hide as far as possible the poverty of the place . He was struck by the idea of pinning a lot of Japanese trifles on the walls , and he bought for five francs quite a collection of little fans and screens , with which he hid the most obvious of the marks on the wall paper .