twelve minutes to eleven
She had tricked him , she had deceived and she had robbed him . Yet his dominant feeling was joyous triumph at having found her when he had thought her lost . He was happy because she had summoned him , excited because they were going side by side toward some unknown adventure . He looked at his watch which had been retrieved from the wall safe , and said that the time was twelve minutes to eleven . Krantz 's Keller was in Fourteenth Street , and they could reach there at the hour , for already the cab was moving in the right direction . `` Are you in a hurry ? '' he asked , `` or shall we go a round-about way and talk things over ?