twenty minutes after three
He shivered and grumbled , and , by his passionate urgings , compelled Penrod to go into the house so many times to see what time it was by the kitchen clock that both his companions almost lost patience with him . `` There ! '' said Penrod , returning from performing this errand for the fourth time . `` It 's twenty minutes after three , and I 'm not goin ' in to look at that ole clock again if I haf to die for it ! I never heard anybody make such a fuss in my life , and I 'm gettin ' tired of it . Must think we want to be all night fixin ' this cage for our panther ! If you ask me to go and see what time it is again , Herman , I 'm a-goin ' to take back about askin ' mamma at five o'clock , and THEN where 'll you be ? ''