twenty minutes past eight
It seemed to me that he had played me a mean trick and I resented it . Greatly to my surprise Titherington apologized meekly . `` It was n't my fault , '' he said , `` and I had n't time to communicate with you . I only got this at twenty minutes past eight and had no more than time to get here myself . '' He handed me a telegram . `` Eleven quite impossible . Say 8.30 .