six minutes to nine
`` The day may come when we 'll wish she were extinct . But really you 've described her better than I could , though I stared quite a lot last night . Come along , dear . It 's six minutes to nine . Let 's trot down to breakfast . '' We trotted ; but early as I 'd meant to be , and early as we were , the O'Farrells and the Becketts were before us . How long they had been together I do n't know , but they must have finished their first instalment of talk about Jim , for already they had got on to the subject of plans .