twenty-five minutes to ten
No . I must go as something more luscious . What about ` The Queen of the May ' ? '' * * * * * At twenty-five minutes to ten that evening I was writing a note , and wondering , while I did so , whether the original ` Incroyables ' ever sat down . I had just decided that , rather than continually risk dislocation of the knee , they probably either reclined or leaned against pillars when fatigued , when something impelled me to glance over my shoulder . Framed in the doorway was standing Berry . A frock of pale pink georgette , with long bell-shaped sleeves and a black velvet girdle knotted at one side , fitted him seemingly like a glove .