ten past six
`` She 's got something to do with young Rowcliffe 's not turning up , I think . I met the two of them half way between Upthorne and Bar Hill at half past four . '' He took out his watch . `` And it 's ten past six now . '' He sat down , turning his chair so as not to see her face . He did not , at the moment , care to look at her . `` You might go and ask Mrs. Gale to send me in a cup of tea . ''