about twenty-five minutes past four
A policeman 's hours are broken up , and his wife hardly ever knows when to have a meal ready . '' Minnie was summoned . It took her a couple of minutes to draw the beer from a cool cellar . So it chanced that when Doris led Mr. Siddle to the edge of the cliff about twenty-five minutes past four , the first thing they saw was the local police-constable on the lawn of The Hollies putting down a gill of `` best Sussex '' at a draught . `` Well ! '' cried the chemist icily , `` I wonder what Superintendent Fowler would say to that if he knew it ? '' `` What is there particularly wrong about Robinson drinking a glass of beer ? ''