ten minutes past nine
However , I will tell you , though I ca n't imagine what you want to know for . I got up at eight . I breakfasted at half-past . I came into this room at ten minutes past nine and began to read the ` Memoirs of Mme. de Remusat . ' In a few minutes I did the French lady the bad compliment of dropping to sleep over her pages , and I did you , sir , the very flattering one of dreaming about you . It is only a few minutes since I woke up . '' `` And found yourself where you had been before ? ''