Ten minutes
to eight
Miss Kentish had a grey , detachable fringe which became , and re-mained , semi-detached immediately after breakfast , and a mobile front tooth which came out surprisingly far when she talked and went in with a sharp click when she stopped . She had for newcomers a single conversational sentence -- `` My name is Kentish , though funnily enough we come from Sussex '' -- and , for all purposes , a single business principle , that of willingness `` to come to an arrangement . '' `` I am afraid I can not remedy your water not being hot at eight o'clock , '' she would say to a boarder , `` but I will gladly come to an arrangement with you . Ten minutes to eight or ten minutes past eight '' -LRB- click -RRB- . She would come to an arrangement on anything . She became very fond of Rosalie in course of time and once told her that though her duties never permitted her to attend church she had `` come to an arrangement '' with the vicar and felt that she had `` come to an arrangement with Our Lord '' -LRB- click -RRB- . She came to an arrangement with Rosalie in the matter of tariff , receiving her and a Miss Salmon , who also sought arrangement , as `` two friends as one . ''