twenty minutes to two
He unlocked a secret press that was in the wainscoting , a press in which he kept his own curious disguises , and put them into it . He could easily burn them afterwards . Then he pulled out his watch . It was twenty minutes to two . He sat down , and began to think . Every year -- every month , almost -- men were strangled in England for what he had done . There had been a madness of murder in the air .