five minutes past four o'clock
`` I ca n't see the gym . clock from here . It is so swathed in green boughs and decorations that its poor round face is almost hidden , and I 'm really too tired to go close enough to find out . '' `` It 's five minutes past four o'clock , '' informed Gertrude , glancing at the tiny watch pinned to her waist . `` Good gracious ! '' exclaimed Arline Thayer , `` I ca n't stay here another minute . I have a hundred things to do before to-night . ''