twenty minutes to five
An ' twenty-five pound ' is a heap o ' money for such a man as you . '' `` It is , '' the wanderer asserted . `` Ay , I feel that . '' At twenty minutes to five that evening , Long Oliver pulled up again by the green garden-gate . William Geake from his workshop had caught the sound of the mare 's hoofs three minutes before , and awaited him . `` One , two , three , four , five . '' The notes were counted out deliberately .