ten minutes
past twelve o'clock
Looks to me like somebody that ai n't got much respect for the police . '' The ex-policeman got up from the table , and taking a seat on the settle opposite the speaker , slowly filled a long clay and took a spill from the fireplace . His pipe lit , he turned to his niece , and slowly bade her go over the account of her loss once more . `` I missed it this morning , '' said Mrs. Negget , rapidly , `` at ten minutes past twelve o'clock by the clock , and half-past five by my watch which wants looking to . I 'd just put the batch of bread into the oven , and gone upstairs and opened the box that stands on my drawers to get a lozenge , and I missed the brooch . '' `` Do you keep it in that box ? '' asked the ex-policeman , slowly .