twenty minutes to nine
Come -- to play . '' `` Come nearer ; let me look at you . Come close . '' It was when I stood before her , avoiding her eyes , that I took note of the surrounding objects in detail , and saw that her watch had stopped at twenty minutes to nine , and that a clock in the room had stopped at twenty minutes to nine . `` Look at me , '' said Miss Havisham . `` You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born ? '' I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer `` No . ''