twenty minutes to three
If not , I do n't know that I shall have the strength . What 's the time ? '' `` Oh , look here ! '' `` I beg of you -- '' `` It 's twenty minutes to three . '' `` Twenty minutes to three ! '' It was as though Don Luis found renewed strength in a sudden fit of fear . His weak voice recovered its emphasis , and , by turns imperious , despairing , and beseeching , full of a conviction which he did his utmost to impart to M. Desmalions , he said : `` Go away , Monsieur le Préfet !