twenty-five minutes past twelve
`` I -- I suppose it will all be over soon -- I mean we shall know what 's going to happen , wo n't we ? '' It was her first open reference to the peril hanging over them , and again , involuntarily , she glanced at the clock . Five minutes to twelve ! It was really twenty-five minutes past twelve ! -- but she did not know that . `` Darling , I do n't believe anything is going to happen . Our troubles are over .