ten minutes to eight
`` It can not signify in the least ; a change of dress would not alter your flippant mind , '' replied her mother , with unusual smartness . `` Dear Mr. Curzon has really convinced me that it is a most important subject , so I do n't mind making a sacrifice for once in a way . '' `` By dining an hour earlier than usual and not changing your dress ! All right , mother ; I 'll order the carriage for ten minutes to eight . We may as well be punctual . '' The back benches of the schoolroom were crowded to overflowing when May and her mother entered that evening . `` It 's very hot , May .