twenty minutes past nine
I 'll go and get ready directly . Do you think papa will go to-night ? '' `` Yes , my dear ; I do n't think Sir Michael will rest another night under this roof yet awhile . '' `` The mail goes at twenty minutes past nine , '' said Alicia ; `` we must leave the house in an hour if we are to travel by it . I shall see you again before we go , Robert ? '' `` Yes , dear . '' Miss Audley ran off to her room to summon her maid , and make all necessary preparations for the sudden journey , of whose ultimate destination she was as yet quite ignorant .