twenty five minutes to
three
At this moment a clerk entered hastily , and made some communication in an undertone , which brought from my friend a disappointed and impatient expression . `` Go to Wilson , '' said he hurriedly , `` and tell him to send me a check for five hundred without fail . Say that I am so much short in my bank payments , and that it is now too late to get the money any where else . Do n't linger a moment ; it is twenty five minutes to three now . '' The clerk departed . He was gone full ten minutes , during which period Payson remained at his desk , silent , but showing many signs of uneasiness . On returning , he brought the desired check , and was then dispatched to lift the notes for which this late provision was made .