Ten minutes to seven
But they were both greatly astonished . For Rachel did not in general take much personal notice of them . They were no sooner out of sight than Rachel went to look at the clock in the kitchen . Ten minutes to seven . Two hours to wait . How were they going to be got through ? She went out aimlessly into the farm-yard , where the farm buildings stood in a faintly luminous mist , the hill-side behind them , and the climbing woods .