twenty minutes to one
Then she returned to the bedroom and locked herself in again . Toward noon she dressed and went into the sitting-room . He was gone and it had been put to rights . When he came , at twenty minutes to one , she was standing at the window , but she did not turn . `` Did you get my note ? '' he asked , in a carefully careless tone . He went on to answer himself : `` No , there it is on the floor just where I put it , under the bedroom door .