twenty minutes after two
Courage ! I am not a Duke for nothing , then . '' He shut and bolted the door , slipped into the bed and was asleep in three minutes . It was twenty minutes after two . At the stroke of three , with a scarcely perceptible rustling , Angioletto slid down the chimney and stepped into the room . He carefully brushed himself with a brush which hung by the hearth . The chimney was by now thoroughly clean , however .