twenty minutes past three
`` Oh , my darling , be careful ! Do not give the love of your heart and soul for nothing . '' `` It is given already , '' confessed the girl , `` and can never be recalled , no matter what I get in return . Why , it is twenty minutes past three ; do you think he will come ? '' Philippa L'Estrange rose from the couch and went to the long open window . `` I have never seen the sun shine so brightly before , '' she said ; and Lady Peters sighed as she listened . `` The world has never looked so beautiful as it does to-day .