twenty minutes
past eight
Be more precise if you please , and keep your temper . What o'clock was it , I say , when you went up to the nursery ? '' ELLEN BUTTERS -LRB- excitedly -RRB- . -- `` It was about a quarter or twenty minutes past eight -- how can I know any surer when I _ do n't _ know . I do n't carry a watch , and did n't look at the clock . I 'm sure I never expected to be badgered about it in this way . I said I 'd go and wake my lady up and not leave her there , to catch her death , in spite of fifty Miss Catherons .