twenty minutes past eight
ELLEN BUTTERS -LRB- more sulkily -RRB- . -- `` I disremember ; it was after eight . I could tell all about it better , if you would n't keep interrupting and putting me out . It was about a quarter or twenty minutes past eight , I think -- '' THE CORONER -LRB- dogmatically -RRB- . -- `` What you think wo n't do . Be more precise if you please , and keep your temper . What o'clock was it , I say , when you went up to the nursery ? ''