twenty minutes to nine
Frank smiled sweetly . `` That is a very silly threat , '' he murmured . `` If you do not show me the document I shall not believe it exists . '' `` That does n't make any difference to -- '' `` It makes this difference : It is now twenty minutes to nine . At nine I shall cast off from the pier . Wind and tide being right , it will not take me long to get out of the harbor . '' `` You would n't dare ! ''