a minute before four o'clock
You 'd be in the way . '' He shrank and quivered like a boy who has been publicly rebuked . `` I 'll come when you say , '' he replied . `` Not a minute before four o'clock . '' `` That 's a long time -- now you 've made me crazy to see you . '' `` Do n't talk nonsense . I must go back to work . ''