ten minutes to five
She would n't go away . '' Mr. Marrier was positive . In the tone of a man with an income of two hundred pounds a week he ordered a table to be prepared for three . At ten minutes to five he said : `` I hope she _ has n't _ been and gone away again ! '' Edward Henry began to be gloomy and resentful . The crowded and factitious gaiety of the place actually annoyed him . If Elsie April had been and gone away again , he objected to such silly feminine conduct .