About twenty minutes to twelve
I do n't think you need trouble yourself , Madame ; your husband is quite well . ' ` What time did you leave him ? ' she asked , after a pause . ` About twenty minutes to twelve , I think , ' replied Vandeloup , ` at least , I reached the `` Wattle Tree '' at about twelve o'clock , and I think it did take twenty minutes to walk there . Monsieur Villiers stopped behind with the theatre people to enjoy himself . ' Enjoying himself , and she , thinking him dead , was crying over his miserable end ; it was infamous ! Was this man a monster who could thus commit a crime one moment and go to an amusement the next ?