ten minutes past five
Let 's see if I can come anywhere near it now . '' She looked at it hard and said : `` I guess it 's half-past four . '' She glanced back into the kitchen at the clock and said : `` Oh pshaw ! It 's ten minutes past five ! Now my grandmother could have told that within five minutes , just by the place of the shadow . I declare ! Sometimes it seems to me that every time a new piece of machinery comes into the door some of our wits fly out at the window !