About twelve minutes past nine
Why , the sly old fox is likely to send his girls ahead -LSB- Q -RSB- , and sneak round behind later . '' `` That may be the case . About nine now , is n't it ? '' `` About twelve minutes past nine , '' said he , pulling out a watch with a nickel case , `` and , say put out the light . It would be funny to have two silhouettes of bonze heads on the shoji . The fox is too ready to suspect . '' I blew out the lamp which stood upon the lacquer-enameled table .