twenty minutes to nine
I suppose she 'll take a cab . Perhaps she wo n't come at all ; will she come ? -- she promised me . By Jove , twenty minutes to nine . If she is n't here in five minutes we shall miss the train . '' His passion grew in intensity , and hope was dead , when he heard sounds of running footsteps , and saw the great girl holding her hat with one hand and her dress with the other . The torture of expectation was worth the rapture of relief , and he said , delighted : `` So you have come , have you ?