twenty-five minutes
past eleven P.M.
`` By the church , sir , of all the horrible places in the world ! -- I caught her in the act , your worship . '' `` Stand back then , '' said Henchard , `` and let 's hear what you 've got to say . '' Stubberd was sworn in , the magistrate 's clerk dipped his pen , Henchard being no note-taker himself , and the constable began -- `` Hearing a ' illegal noise I went down the street at twenty-five minutes past eleven P.M. on the night of the fifth instinct , Hannah Dominy . When I had -- `` Do n't go so fast , Stubberd , '' said the clerk . The constable waited , with his eyes on the clerk 's pen , till the latter stopped scratching and said , `` yes . '' Stubberd continued : `` When I had proceeded to the spot I saw defendant at another spot , namely , the gutter . ''