twenty minutes to nine
We traversed but one side of the square , however , and at the end of it she stopped , and put her candle down and opened a door . Here , the daylight reappeared , and I found myself in a small paved courtyard , the opposite side of which was formed by a detached dwelling-house , that looked as if it had once belonged to the manager or head clerk of the extinct brewery . There was a clock in the outer wall of this house . Like the clock in Miss Havisham 's room , and like Miss Havisham 's watch , it had stopped at twenty minutes to nine . We went in at the door , which stood open , and into a gloomy room with a low ceiling , on the ground-floor at the back . There was some company in the room , and Estella said to me as she joined it , `` You are to go and stand there boy , till you are wanted . '' `` There '' , being the window , I crossed to it , and stood `` there , '' in a very uncomfortable state of mind , looking out .