ten minutes past seven
Mid-day or midnight expresses distinctly `` It is done . '' You surely have noticed that ? ' ` Yes , I have . ' He continued with affected quaintness : -- ` The easy dash of ten minutes past seven , the rakish recklessness of a quarter past , the drooping weariness of twenty-five minutes past , must have been observed by everybody . ' ` Whatever amount of truth there may be , there is a good deal of imagination in your fancy , ' she said . He still contemplated the clock . ` Then , again , the general finish of the face has a great effect upon the eye .