twenty
minutes to nine
`` You wish me somewhere , I dare say , getting you up before your time . '' `` By how much -- a few minutes ? '' she answered , laughing . `` It wants twenty minutes to nine . What would they have said to me at the rectory , had I come down so late as that ? '' `` Ah , well , you wo n't have me here to torment you to-morrow . I have been a trouble to you , Lucy , take it altogether .