ten minutes past ten
She was waked up by the slamming of a blind . The wind had risen , and she felt the cold air blowing in at her window . She looked at the face of the illuminated clock , which stood at the side of her mother 's bed , on a small table . The hands pointed to ten minutes past ten . Her mother would soon come upstairs . The wind was so cold she got up to shut the window , and her bare feet walked into a snowdrift . Yes , there was really quite a little mound of snow on the floor , for it had begun snowing fast just before supper .