twenty minutes past two
That good fellow washed the greens , and peeled the turnips , and broke the plates , and upset iron pots full of cold water on the fire , and made himself useful in all sorts of ways : while a couple of professional assistants , hastily called in from somewhere in the neighbourhood , as on a point of life or death , ran against each other in all the doorways and round all the corners ; and everybody tumbled over Tilly Slowboy and the Baby , everywhere . Tilly never came out in such force before . Her ubiquity was the theme of general admiration . She was a stumbling-block in the passage at five and twenty minutes past two ; a man-trap in the kitchen at half-past two precisely ; and a pitfall in the garret at five and twenty minutes to three . The Baby 's head was , as it were , a test and touchstone for every description of matter , animal , vegetable , and mineral . Nothing was in use that day that did n't come , at some time or other , into close acquaintance with it . Then , there was a great Expedition set on foot to go and find out Mrs. Fielding ; and to be dismally penitent to that excellent gentlewoman ; and to bring her back , by force if needful , to be happy and forgiving .