twenty minutes past nine
But he ca n't well turn out as bad as Roland : he comes of a more business-like stock . '' This point settled , Mr. Galloway took up the _ Times _ . Something in its pages awoke his interest , and he sat longer over it than had been his wont since the departure of Jenkins . It was twenty minutes past nine by his watch when he started for his office . `` Now , I wonder how I shall find that gentleman ? '' soliloquized he , when he drew near . `` Amusing himself , as usual , of course .