ten after seven
`` It must be pretty near eight , '' answered Katherine . `` Wait a minute until I look at my watch . '' She fished around in the pocket of her sweater , pulling out first half a comb , then several peanuts , and finally the watch . `` It 's ten after seven , '' she said . `` Why , it ca n't be that -- that 's what it was when I got up . The watch has stopped . I do n't know what time it is , but it must be nearly eight . ''