fifteen minutes after four
`` We have got no things here yet , and there are no buyers , and we must all clear out to school in ten minutes . '' The governor 's massive logic crushed the foolish Billy at once . `` Let 's open in good style , '' said the president , `` and do it to-night . '' By fifteen minutes after four , just as soon as a lot of scampering , shouting boys could get to the barn , bringing pockets stuffed with `` articles , '' the fair was declared `` opened . '' `` But how dark it is ! '' said the president . So it was .