ten minutes to one
Over one point in particular they considered that they had a just and pressing grievance . The French classes of Form V came on the time-table from 12 to 12.30 , being the last subjects of morning school . Dinner was at one o'clock , and in the intervening half-hour the girls put away their books , washed their hands and tidied their hair , and refreshed their flagging spirits by a run round the garden . Mademoiselle had been wont to close her book at the exact minute of the half-hour , but now she utterly ignored the clock , and would go on with the lesson till a quarter or even ten minutes to one . The wrath of the Form knew no bounds . They valued their short exercise before dinner extremely . To have it thus cut off was an infringement of their rights .