seven minutes
after three
But what good would it do them ? The whole plant would be tied up in less than an hour . He jerked out his watch and looked at it again . It was seven minutes after three . Walking to the bay-side , he shaded his eyes with his hand and gazed anxiously in the direction of the inlet . Granting that Gregory arrived within the next half-hour , what could he possibly accomplish in so short a time ? All McCoy 's efforts to confer with Rock had been fruitless .