twenty minutes before six o’clock
` Sir . From Great Winglebury church , a footpath leads through four meadows to a retired spot known to the townspeople as Stiffun 's Acre . ' -LSB- Mr. Trott shuddered . -RSB- ` I shall be waiting there alone , at twenty minutes before six o'clock to-morrow morning . Should I be disappointed in seeing you there , I will do myself the pleasure of calling with a horsewhip . ` HORACE HUNTER . ` PS .