ten minutes past one
Having carefully cut some equal lengths of cotton , she spent a long time in finding the eyes of the needles , and was only just ready with one of them threaded when her mother had finished with the last . `` You see , '' said the latter gently , `` this will save time . The last of my six little caps will be finished to-night . '' She turned round to glance at the clock -- ten minutes past one . Still nearly two hours . Juliette must now be beginning to dress . Henri had received the letter .