twenty minutes past six
He was laughing all the time , but I could n't get near him . He laid me on my back as helpless as a baby . Say , if Mary Ann does n't get round with the oatmeal pretty soon , I 'll have to go without . It 's twenty minutes past six now . '' `` I 'll see about it , '' and Sally hurried away , revolving in her mind this astonishing news . `` He ca n't be as young as he looks , then , '' she said to herself . `` I should n't say he was a minute over twenty-five , but he must be . ''