sixteen minutes to
four
`` Look here ! I did n't mean -- oh , do n't ! Look here , shall I tell you the time ? It 's -- it 's sixteen minutes to four -- I did n't mean , you know . Of course he 's a nice boy -- oh , do n't cry ! '' And he got into such a state that the old lady dried her eyes at once . `` Never mind me , dear , '' said she , `` it was n't you made me cry : it was thinking of my Tom .