Ten minutes to ten
To make sure of my courage , I have forbidden the nurse to send for you . She has just gone downstairs by my orders . I am free to get the poison out of my dressing-case . `` Ten minutes to ten . `` I had just time to hide the bottle -LRB- after the nurse had left me -RRB- when you came into my room . `` I had another moment of weakness when I saw you . I determined to give myself a last chance of life .