twenty
minutes past twelve
I started to rise , but she checked the movement and said , `` Do n't trouble yourself . I thought you would know without moving . I really do n't care to know . '' I took out my watch , and was startled to find it was twenty minutes past twelve . I was n't so green as to tell Miss Cullen so , and merely said , `` By the time , this must be Sanders . '' `` Do we stop long ? '' she asked .