ten minutes to nine
Just fancy what a nuisance it would be if peace was made just as I get my commission . '' `` There will be plenty of time for you , Ralph , '' his mother said smiling . `` Peace has been patched up once or twice , but it never lasts long ; and after fighting for the last twenty years it is hardly probable that the world is going to grow peaceful all at once . But there , it is time for you to be off ; it only wants ten minutes to nine and you will have to run fast all the way to be in time . '' When Mrs. Conway was alone she took up the letter , and turned it over several times before opening it . What could Herbert Penfold have written about after all these years ? Mrs. Conway was but thirty-six years old now , and was still a pretty woman , and a sudden thought sent a flush of color to her face .