Five minutes past four
Does your Majesty intend going to them at once ? I have already sent an orderly to announce your safety . '' Alec looked at his watch . `` Five minutes past four , '' he said . `` No , General , I am due at the university . I like to be punctual ; but this slight delay was unavoidable . I shall see you at dinner to-night , and I suppose you will clear the city of these idiots of the Seventh Regiment before sunset .