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1 00:00|"It starts at ^midnight^."|Catching Fire|Suzanne Collins|unknown 2 00:05|E.M. Security, normally so scrupulous with their fucking trucks at ^0005h.^, is nowhere around, lending weight to yet another cliché. If you asked Gately what he was feeling right this second he'd have no idea.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|nsfw 3 00:10|It was at ^ten minutes past midnight^. Three police cars, Alsations and a black maria arrive at the farmhouse. The farmer clad only in a jock-strap, refused them entry.|The Queue|Jonathan Barrow|unknown 4 00:15|At ^twelve-fifteen^ he got out of the van. He tucked the pistol under the waistband of his trousers and crossed the silent, deserted street to the Hudston house.|Watchers|Dean Koontz|unknown 5 00:20|...and I could smell the opium. There is no smell like it. Beside the bed the alarm-clock showed ^twelve-twenty^, but already my tension was over. Pyle had diminished.|The Quiet American|Graham Greene|unknown 6 00:25|I mean, look at the time! ^Twenty-five past midnight^! It was a triumph, it really was!|The Soldier's Wife|Joanna Trollope|unknown 7 00:30|"I love you more than you can possibly know." "I love you too." I smile and his lips linger on my cheek. As he walks down the hall, I note the time: ^half past midnight^.|Bath Haus|P.J. Vernon|unknown 8 00:35|Mrs. Gentrie looked at the clock. It was ^thirty-five minutes past midnight^.|The Case of the Empty Tin|Erle Stanley Gardner|unknown 9 00:40|We sat in the car park till ^twenty to one^/ And now I'm engaged to Miss Joan Hunter Dunn.|A Subaltern's Love Song|John Betjeman|unknown 10 00:45|At ^12.45^, during a lull, Mr. Yoshogi told me that owing to the war there were now many more women in England than men.|Pig and Pepper: A Comedy of Youth|David Footman|unknown 11 00:50|The packing was done at ^12.50^; and Harris sat on the big hamper, and said he hoped nothing would be found broken. George said that if anything was broken it was broken, which reflection seemed to comfort him.|Three Men in a Boat|Jerome K Jerome|unknown 12 00:55|He rolled one way, rolled the other, listened to the loud tick of the clock, and was asleep a minute later. ^Five to one in the morning^. Fifty-one hours to go.|61 Hours|Lee Child|unknown 13 01:00|^1.00 am.^ I felt the surrounding quietness suffocating me.|Sister|Rosamund Lupton|unknown 14 01:06|When he woke it was ^1:06^ by the digital clock on the bedside table. He lay there looking at the ceiling, the raw glare of the vaporlamp outside bathing the bedroom in a cold and bluish light. Like a winter moon.|No Country for Old Men|Cormac McCarthy|unknown 15 01:10|It was at ^ten minutes past one^ by Bond's watch when, at the high table, the whole pattern of play suddenly altered.|Casino Royale|Ian Fleming|unknown 16 01:15|Lily Chen always prepared an 'evening' snack for her husband to consume on his return at ^1.15am^.|Sour Sweet|Timothy Mo|unknown 17 01:20|Then it was ^1.20am^, but I hadn't heard Father come upstairs to bed. I wondered if he was asleep downstairs or whether he was waiting to come in and kill me. So I got out my Swiss Army Knife and opened the saw blade so that I could defend myself.|The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 18 01:25|He made a last effort; he tried to rise, and sank back. His head fell on the sofa cushions. It was then ^twenty-five minutes past one o'clock^.|The Moonstone|Wilkie Collins|unknown 19 01:30|"^Half-past one^", The street lamp sputtered, The street lamp muttered, The street lamp said, "Regard that woman ..."|Rhapsody on a Windy Night|TS Eliot|unknown 20 01:35|Two days later, the chime of his diary woke Merral in the middle of the night. He shook himself and peered at the clock on the diary screen. ^One thirty-five^. An extraordinary time for a message. Has the ship been sighted?|The Dark Foundations|Chris Walley|unknown 21 01:40|March twelfth, ^one-forty am^, she leaves a group of drinking buddies to catch a bus home. She never makes it.|Bones to Ashes|Kathy Reichs|unknown 22 01:44|She knew it was the stress, two long days of stress, and she looked at her watch, ^sixteen minutes to two^, and she almost leaped with fright, a shock wave rippling through her body, where had the time gone?|Trackers|Deon Meyer|unknown 23 01:50|No, she thought: every spinster legal secretary, bartender, and orthodontist had a cat or two-and she could not tolerate (not even as a lark, not even for a moment at ^ten minutes before two AM^), embodying cliché.|Dog|Michelle Herman|unknown 24 01:54|^Six minutes to two^. Janina Mentz watched the screen, where the small program window flickered with files scrolling too fast to read, searching for the keyword.|Trackers|Dean Koontz|unknown 25 02:00|As ^two o'clock^ pealed from the cathedral bell, Jean Valjean awoke.|Les Miserables |Victor Hugo|unknown 26 02:05|At ^2.05^ the fizzy tights came crackling off.|London Fields|Martin Amis|unknown 27 02:10|"^Ten minutes past two^, sir," answered the man, looking at the clock and blinking. "Ten minutes past two? How horribly late!"|The Picture of Dorian Gray|Oscar Wilde|unknown 28 02:15|At ^2.15am^ a policeman observed the place in darkness, but with the stranger's motor still at the curb.|The Shadow Out of Time|H.P. Lovecraft|unknown 29 02:20|^Twenty minutes after two^, on my way to San Diego, listening to some wierd, cacophanous music; no melodic line, no content.|Somewhere in Time (Bid Time Return)|Richard Matheson|unknown 30 02:25|You see it is time: ^2.25am.^ You get out of bed.|Nineteen Eighty-Three: The Red Riding Quartet, Book Four|David Peace|unknown 31 02:30|It is ^2.30am^ and I am tight. As a tick, as a lord, as a newt. Must write this down before the sublime memories fade and blur.|Any Human Heart|William Boyd|unknown 32 02:35|Rorschach's journal: Left Jacob's house ^2:35 a.m.^ He knows nothing about any attempt to discredit Dr. Manhattan. He has simply been used.|Watchmen|Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons|unknown 33 02:40|Miss Conover told investigators that at ^2:40 a.m.^, Officer Martin Willis entered the diner and ordered coffee and donut.|The Andromeda Strain|Michael Crichton|unknown 34 02:45|^0245h.^, Ennet House, the hours that are truly wee.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|unknown 35 02:50|When it was ^2:50^ and the bank, too, had not been attacked, it was clear this was not the day of the big coup.|The Locked Room|Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö|unknown 36 02:55|Time to go: ^2.55am.^ Two-handed, Cec lifted his peak cap from the chair.|Downriver|Iain Sinclair|unknown 37 03:00|When Sophie awoke, it was ^3:00 a.m.^|Desperate Characters|Paula Fox|unknown 38 03:05|On the Sunday before Christmas she awoke at ^3:05 a.m.^ and thought: Thirty-six hours. Four hours later she got up thinking: Thirty-two hours.|The Corrections|Jonathan Franzen|unknown 39 03:10|Love again; wanking at ^ten past three^|Love Again|Philip Larkin|unknown 40 03:15|Above the door of Room 69 the clock ticked on at ^3:15^. The motion was accelerating. What had once been the gymnasium was now a small room, seven feet wide, a tight, almost perfect cube.|Manhole 69|JG Ballard|unknown 41 03:20|Prabath Kumara, 16. 17th November 1989. At ^3.20am^ from the home of a friend.|Anil's Ghost|Michael Ondaatje|unknown 42 03:25|It was ^3:25 a.m.^ A strange thrill, to think I was the only Mulvaney awake in the house.|We Were the Mulvaneys|Joyce Carol Oates|unknown 43 03:30|At ^Half past Three^, a single Bird Unto a silent Sky Propounded but a single term Of cautious melody.|At Half past Three, a single Bird|Emily Dickinson|unknown 44 03:35|He could just see the hands of the alarm clock in the darkness: ^3.35 a.m.^ He adjusted his pillow and shut his eyes.|The Dogs of Riga|Henning Mankell|unknown 45 03:40|His bedside clock shows ^three forty^. He has no idea what he's doing out of bed: he has no need to relieve himself, nor is he disturbed by a dream or some element of the day before, or even by the state of the world.|Saturday|Ian McEwan|unknown 46 03:45|Abra did not quiet. The crying was monotonous, maddening, terrifying. When they arrived at Bridgton Hospital, it was ^quarter of four^, and Abra was still at full volume. Rides in the Acura were usually better than a sleeping pill, but not this morning.|Doctor Sleep|Stephen King|unknown 47 03:50|She had used her cell phone to leave several messages on the answering machine in Sao Paulo of the young dentist of the previous evening, whose name was Fernando. The first was recorded at ^ten or five to four in the morning^.|A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions|Peter Robb|unknown 48 03:55|Here in the cavernous basement at ^3.55 a.m.^, in a single pool of light, is Theo Perowne.|Saturday|Ian McEwan|unknown 49 04:00|The Birds begun at ^Four o'clock^ Their period for Dawn|The Birds Begun at Four o'clock|Emily Dickinson|unknown 50 04:05|Leaves were being blown against my window. It was ^4.05am^. The moon had shifted in the sky, glaring through a clotted mass of clouds like a candled egg.|We Were the Mulvaneys|Joyce Carol Oates|unknown 51 04:11|The next morning I awaken at exactly ^eleven minutes after four^, having slept straight through my normal middle-of-the-night insomniac waking at three.|The Stuff of Life|Karen Karbo|unknown 52 04:15|Alice wants to warn her that a defect runs in the family, like flat feet or diabetes: they're all in danger of ending up alone by their own stubborn choice. The ugly kitchen clock says ^four-fifteen^.|Pigs in Heaven|Barbara Kingsolver|unknown 53 04:22|He hurt me to the point where I wanted to tell him something. My watch said ^4.22^ now. It had stopped. It was smashed.|The Ipcress File|Len Deighton|unknown 54 04:25|As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one was stirring. It was ^twenty-five minutes past four^.|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 55 04:30|Jonas rolls painfully out of the hammock, his aching lower back stiff and swollen, in desperate need of a chiropractor. He checks his watch. ^Four thirty^...but is it a.m. or p.m.?|Meg, Primal Waters|Steve Alten|unknown 56 04:35|No manner of exhaustion can keep a child asleep much later than six a.m. on Christmas Day. Colby awoke at ^4:35^.|Dreams and Shadows|C Robert Cargill|unknown 57 04:40|I settled into a daily routine. Wake up at ^4.40am^, shower, get on the train north by ten after five.|Bossypants|Tina Fey|unknown 58 04:45|Daybreak will reveal that one of us has been left alone. He checks the clock on the table next to the bed. The hands glow and register ^4:45 a.m.^|Faceless Killers|Henning Mankell|unknown 59 04:50|Even the hands of his watch and the hands of all the thirteen clocks were frozen. They had all frozen at the same time, on a snowy night, seven years before, and after that it was always ^ten minutes to five^ in the castle.|The 13 Clocks|James Thurber|unknown 60 04:55|^4:55^ - Mank holding phone. Turns to Caddell - 'Who is this?' Caddell: 'Jim.' (shrugs) 'I think he's our man in Cincinnati.'|Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72|Hunter S. Thompson|unknown 61 05:00|The day came slow, till ^five o'clock^. Then sprang before the hills. Like hindered rubies, or the light. A sudden musket spills|The Day Came Slow, Till Five O' Clock|Emily Dickinson|unknown 62 05:05|The baby, a boy, is born at ^five past five in the morning^.|The Namesake|Jhumpa Lahiri|unknown 63 05:10|I settled into a daily routine. Wake up at 4:40am, shower, get on the train north by ^ten after five^.|Bossypants|Tina Fey|unknown 64 05:15|Weird conversation with Brown, a tired & confused old man who's been jerked out of bed at ^5:15^.|Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72|Hunter S Thompson|unknown 65 05:20|If she can keep her speed to seventy until she leaves the turnpike at midtown, and if she catches most of the traffic lights, she estimates she can be at her building by ^five-twenty^.|If it Bleeds|Stephen King|unknown 66 05:25|At ^5:25 a.m.^ the doorbell rings, always an evil omen. I stagger to the intercom and push the button.|The Time Traveler's Wife|Audrey Niffenegger|unknown 67 05:30|On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at ^five-thirty in the morning^ to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on.|Chronicle of a Death Foretold|Gabriel García Márquez|unknown 68 05:35|I squinted at the clock. 'It says ^twenty-five before six^,' I said and rolled away from him.|The Dice Man|Luke Rhinehart|unknown 69 05:40|^Twenty minutes to six^. 'Rob's boys were already on the platform, barrows ready. The only thing that ever dared to be late around here was the train.|The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman|Bruce Robinson|unknown 70 05:45|At ^5:45^ a power-transformer on a pole beside the abandoned Tracker Brothers' Truck Depot exploded in a flash of purple light, spraying twisted chunks of metal onto the shingled roof.|IT|Stephen King|unknown 71 05:50|It was was ^5:50^ when he staggered from the room, heading he knew not where or for how long, but hoping only that whoever had been guiding him lately would not desert him now.|The Princess Bride|William Goldman|unknown 72 05:55|Billy doesn't drive to the parking garage. The parking garage is done. At ^five to six^ he parks on Main Street a few blocks from the Gerard Tower. Plenty of curbside spaces at this hour and the sidewalk is deserted.|Billy Summers|Stephen King|unknown 73 06:00|`and ever since that,' the hatter went on in a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing i ask! it's always ^six o'clock^ now.'|Alice in Wonderland|Lewis Carroll|unknown 74 06:05|A second man went in and found the shop empty, as he thought, at ^five minutes past six^. That puts the time at between 5:30 and 6:05.|The ABC Murders|Agatha Christie|unknown 75 06:10|The bus left the station at ^ten past six^ - and she sat proud, like an accustomed traveller, apart from her father, John Henry, and Berenice.|The Member of the Wedding|Carson McCullers|unknown 76 06:15|Father expected his shaving-water to be ready at ^a quarter past six^. Just seven minutes late, Dorothy took the can upstairs and knocked at her father's door.|A Clergyman's Daughter|George Orwell|unknown 77 06:20|It was ^6:20 a.m.^, and my parents and I were standing, stunned and half-awake, in the parking lot of a Howard Johnson's in Iowa.|Soon I Will Be Invincible|Austin Grossman|unknown 78 06:25|Simon is happy to travel scum class when he's on his own and even sometimes deliberately aims for the ^6.25^. But today the .25 is delayed to 6.44.|The Deaths|Mark Lawson|unknown 79 06:30|Tony gets up at ^six-thirty^, as she always does. West sleeps on, groaning a little. Probably in his dreams he's shouting; sounds in dreams are always louder.|The Robber Bride|Margaret Atwood|unknown 80 06:35|My watch lay on the dressing-table close by; glancing at it, I saw that the time was ^twenty-five minutes to seven^. I had been told that the family breakfasted at nine, so I had nearly two-and-a-half hours of leisure.|Ravensdene Court|J.S. Fletcher|unknown 81 06:40|At eleven o'clock the phone rang, and still the figure did not respond, any more than it has responded when the phone had rung at twenty-five to seven in the morning, and again at ^twenty to seven^|The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|Douglas Adams|unknown 82 06:45|^Six-forty-five^ the shavers buzz and the Acutes line up in alphabetical order at the mirrors, A, B, C, D. . . . The walking Chronics like me walk in when the Acutes are done, then the Wheelers are wheeled in.|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|unknown 83 06:50|Will, my fiancé, was coming from Boston on ^the six-fifty train^ - the dawn train, the only train that still stopped in the small Ohio city where I lived.|Pretty Ice|Mary Robison|unknown 84 06:55|At ^6:55 am^ Lisa parked and took the lift from the frozen underground car park up to level 1 of Green Oaks Shopping Centre.|What was Lost|Catherine O'Flynn|unknown 85 07:00|Moist groaned. It was ^the crack of seven^ and he was allergic to the concept of two seven o'clocks in one day.|Raising Steam|Terry Pratchett|unknown 86 07:05|Outside my window the sky hung low and gray. It looked like snow, which added to my malaise. The clock read ^five after seven^. I punched the remote control and watched the morning news as I lay in bed.|Dance Dance Dance|Haruki Murakami|unknown 87 07:10|A search in Bradshaw informed me that a train left St. Pancras at ^7.10^, which would land me at any Galloway station in the late afternoon.|The Thirty-Nine Steps|John Buchan|unknown 88 07:15|At ^7:15 A.M.^, January 25th, we started flying northwestward under McTighe's pilotage with ten men, seven dogs, a sledge, a fuel and food supply, and other items including the plane's wireless outfit.|At the Mountains of Madness |H.P. Lovecraft|unknown 89 07:20|And this was my timetable when I lived at home with Father and I thought that Mother was dead from a heart attack (this was the timetable for a Monday and also it is an approximation). ^7.20 a.m.^ Wake up|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 90 07:25|^7.25 a.m.^ clean teeth and wash face|The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 91 07:30|At ^half-past seven^ the next morning he rang the bell of 21 Blenheim Avenue.|After Rain|William Trevor|unknown 92 07:35|I looked at my watch. ^Seven thirty-five^.|Bare Bones|Kathy Reichs|unknown 93 07:40|^7.40 a.m.^ Have breakfast.|The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 94 07:45|Contrary to his habit of being late, Pierre on that day arrived at the Bergs' house, not at ten but at ^fifteen minutes to eight^.|War and Peace|Leo Tostoy|unknown 95 07:50|At about ^ten minutes to eight^, Jim had squared the part of the work he had been doing - the window - so he decided not to start on the door or the skirting until after breakfast.|The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell|unknown 96 07:55|at ^7.55^ this morning the circus ran away to join me.|Tightrope, from Selected Poems 1967-1987|Roger McGough|unknown 97 08:00|^8.00 a.m.^ Put school clothes on|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 98 08:05|^8.05 a.m.^ Pack school bag|The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 99 08:10|^8.10 a.m.^ Read book or watch video|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 100 08:15|You scrutinized your wrist: "It's ^eight fifteen^. (And here time forked.) I'll turn it on." The screen in its blank broth evolved a lifelike blur, and music welled.|Pale Fire|Vladimir Nabokov|unknown 101 08:20|^Eight-twenty^ the cards and puzzles go out.|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|unknown 102 08:25|^Eight-twenty-five^ some Acute mentions he used to watch his sister taking her bath; the three guys at the table with him fall over each other to see who gets to write it in the log book.|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|unknown 103 08:30|The lecture was to be given tomorrow, and it was now almost ^eight-thirty^.|A Confederacy of Dunces|John Kennedy Toole|unknown 104 08:35|Old gummy granny (thrusts a dagger towards Stephen's hand) Remove him, acushla. At ^8.35 a.m.^ you will be in heaven and Ireland will be free (she prays) O good God take him!|Ulysses|James Joyce|unknown 105 08:40|At ^8:40 A.M.^ she was wheeled out on a stretcher headed for Mayo General Hospital, blistered and burned by a tanning bed turned torture chamber.|Pomegranate Soup|Marsha Mehran|unknown 106 08:45|At ^eight forty-five^, I called and said, "I need some financial advice. Actually, I'm serious. I'm in a bind."|My Year of Rest and Relaxation|Ottessa Moshfegh|unknown 107 08:50|Punctually at ^ten minutes to nine^, a quarter hour after early mass, the boy stood in his Sunday uniform outside his father's door.|The Radetzky March|Joseph Roth|unknown 108 08:55|George pulled out his watch and looked at it: it was ^five minutes to nine^!|Three Men in a Boat|Jerome K Jerome|unknown 109 09:00|^9.00 a.m.^ School assembly|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 110 09:05|^9:05am^ lay in bed, staring at ceiling|A Fraction of the Whole|Steve Toltz|unknown 111 09:10|^9.10am^ lay in bed, staring at wall.|A Fraction of the Whole|Steve Toltz|unknown 112 09:15|^9.15 a.m.^ First morning class|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 113 09:20|At ^twenty minutes past nine^, the Duke of Dunstable, who had dined off a tray in his room, was still there, waiting for his coffee and liqueur.|Uncle Fred in the Springtime|P.G. Wodehouse|unknown 114 09:25|A man I would cross the street to avoid at nine o'clock - by ^nine twenty-five^ I wanted to fuck him until he wept. My legs trembled with it. My voice floated out of my mouth when I opened it to speak.|The Forgotten Waltz|Anne Enright|nsfw 115 09:30|He looked at his watch; it was ^half-past nine^|A Watcher by the Dead|Ambrose Bierce|unknown 116 09:35|^Nine-thirty-five^. He really must be gone. The bird is no longer feeding but sitting at the apex of a curl of razor wire.|The Memory of Love|Aminatta Forna|unknown 117 09:40|Hartmann closed the door of the banqueting hall and stopped to fasten his watch. It was ^twenty minutes to ten^. From the office along the corridor came a faint sound of typing; a telephone rang.|Munich|Robert Harris|unknown 118 09:45|9.15, 9.30, ^9.45^, 10! Bond felt the excitement ball up inside him like cat's fur.|On Her Majesty's Secret Service|Ian Fleming|unknown 119 09:50|^9.50am^. Hmmm. Think will go inspect make-up in case he does come in|Bridget Jones Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 120 09:55|"your punctuality really alarms me. What do I say? punctuality! You, whom I expected last, you arrive at ^five minutes to ten^, when the time fixed was half-past! Has the ministry resigned?"|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|unknown 121 10:00|^Ten o'clock^ the mail comes up. Sometimes you get the torn envelope.|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|unknown 122 10:05|We both watch as a pair of swans sail regally under the little bridge. Then I glance at my watch. It's already ^five past ten^. "We should get going," I say with a little start. Your mother will be waiting."|The Undomestic Goddess|Sophie Kinsella|unknown 123 10:10|^10:10^ Shot is fired.|The Hollow Man|John Dickson Carr|unknown 124 10:15|Due to his advanced state of decay, our loyal boiler room mascot wasn't in on the great escape, but his room was opposite mine, and he understood "Shush!" At ^a quarter past ten^ Ernie went to Reception to announce my death to Nurse Noakes.|Cloud Atlas|David Mitchell|unknown 125 10:20|"What time is it?" my cousin asked me. About eight inches shorter than me, he had to look up when he talked. I glanced at my watch. "^Ten twenty^."|Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman|Haruki Murakami|unknown 126 10:25|^10:25^: Phone call from Lüding, very worked up, urging me to return at once and get in touch with Alois, who was equally worked up.|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum|Heinrich Böll|unknown 127 10:30|^10.30 a.m.^ Break|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 128 10:35|^Five-and-twenty to eleven^. A horrible hour - a macabre hour, for it is not only the hour of pleasure ended, it is the hour when pleasure itself has been found wanting.|Rope|Patrick Hamilton|unknown 129 10:40|^10:40^: Call from Katharina asking me whether I had really said what was in the News.|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum|Heinrich Böll|unknown 130 10:45|"If this is so, we have now to determine what Barker and Mrs. Douglas, presuming they are not the actual murderers, would have been doing from quarter to eleven, when the sound of the shot brought them down, until ^quarter past eleven^..."|The Valley of Fear|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 131 10:50|^10.50 a.m.^ Art class with Mrs Peters|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 132 10:55|The clock was still saying ^five minutes to eleven^ when Pooh and Piglet set out on their way half an hour later.|The House at Pooh Corner|A.A. Milne|unknown 133 11:00|An ending, then. November 11, 1991, at ^eleven o'clock in the morning^, the eleventh hour of the eleventh month. It's a Monday.|The Robber Bride|Margaret Atwood|unknown 134 11:05|^Five past eleven^; less than a quarter of an hour before Amethyst either succeeded or failed|The Infinite Day|Chris Walley|unknown 135 11:10|She backed down the driveway, checked for traffic, and turned toward the turnpike. ^Ten past eleven^. Plenty of time. That's what she thought then.|If it Bleeds|Stephen King|unknown 136 11:15|"Have you a couple of days to spare? Have just been wired for from the west of England in connection with Boscombe Valley tragedy. Shall be glad if you will come with me. Air and scenery perfect. Leave Paddington by the ^11:15^."|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 137 11:20|Sweeney pointed to the clock above the bar, held in the massive and indifferent jaws of a stuffed alligator head. The time was ^11.20^.|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|unknown 138 11:25|When, at about ^11.25am^, Katharina Blum was finally taken from her apartment for questioning, it was decided not to handcuff her at all.|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum|Heinrich Böll|unknown 139 11:30|This time it was Kumiko. The wall clock said ^11.30^.|The Wind-up Bird Chronicle|Haruki Murakami|unknown 140 11:35|At ^11.35^ the Colonel came out; he looked hot and angry as he strode towards the lift. There goes a hanging judge, thought Wormold.|Our Man in Havana|Graham Greene|unknown 141 11:40|During the sessions at Ito he read the Lotus Sutra on mornings of play, and he now seemed to be bringing himself to order through silent meditation. Then, quickly, there came a rap of stone on board. It was ^twenty minutes before noon^.|The Master of Go|Yusunari Kawabata|unknown 142 11:45|^11:45 AM^ - 06/05/2014 More details have emerged in the investigation into the killings at Val-de-Grâce early Wednesday morning.|The Catacombs|Jeremy Bates|unknown 143 11:50|The man who gave them to him handed him a ten-shilling note and promised him another if it were delivered at exactly ^ten minutes to twelve^.|The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley: A Hercule Poirot Story|Agatha Christie|unknown 144 11:55|It was ^11:55 a.m.^ on April 30.|All the President's Men|Bernstein & Woodward|unknown 145 12:00|Roaring ^noon^. In a well-fanned Forty-second Street cellar I met Gatsby for lunch.|The Great Gatsby|F. Scott Fitzgerald|unknown 146 12:05|"I could not have committed this crime. Pauline Stacy fell from this floor to the ground at ^five minutes past twelve^..."|The Eye of Apollo|G.K.Chesterton|unknown 147 12:10|The child said that it was ^twelve-ten^ and that Gonda was already late. Another child said that maybe the rain had delayed him. Another said, no not the rain, his director was taking a plane from Hollywood.|Enoch and the Gorilla|Flannery O'Connor|unknown 148 12:15|What shall I think of that's liberating and refreshing? I'm in the mood when I open my window at night and look at the stars. Unfortunately it's ^12.15^ on a grey dull day, the aeroplanes are active|A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virgina Woolf|Virginia Woolf|unknown 149 12:20|At ^twenty minutes after twelve^ he got up, resolutely sealed the large brown envelope, put on his raincoat, and walked down to the village. He dug his hands into his pockets and took longer steps.|The Hammer of God|Bo Giertz|unknown 150 12:25|Boys, do it now. God's time is ^12.25^.|Ulysses|James Joyce|unknown 151 12:30|^12.30 p.m.^ Lunch|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 152 12:35|That morning he had appeared at the precise time stated in orders. Everyone else had been waiting five minutes and Colour Sergeant Cork called out the marker just as Trimmer appeared. So it was ^twelve-thirty-five^ when they were dismissed.|Men At Arms|Evelyn Waugh|unknown 153 12:40|A little ormolu clock in the outer corridor indicated ^twenty minutes to one^. The car was due at one-fifteen. Thirty-five minutes: oh, to escape for only that brief period!|Extremely Entertaining Short Stories (The Octave of Jealousy)|Stacy Aumonier|unknown 154 12:45|That Sunday was a picture-book summer day in Maine: clear, bright, warm. At ^a quarter to one^, Ruth McCausland, dressed in a pretty blue summer frock, left her house for the last time.|The Tommyknockers|Stephen King|unknown 155 12:50|So presently Bert was sent up to the top of the house to look at a church clock which was visible therefrom, and when he came down he reported that it was ^ten minutes to one^.|The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell|unknown 156 12:55|The inspector glanced at the clock. ^Five to one^. A busy morning.|A Man Lay Dead|Ngaio Marsh|unknown 157 13:00|^1.00 p.m.^ First afternoon class|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 158 13:05|At ^five past one^ Alleyn opened the outer door, knocked his pipe out on the edge of the stone step,and remained staring out on to the drive.|A Man Lay Dead|Ngaio Marsh|unknown 159 13:10|"It was ^ten minutes past one^." "You are sure of that?"|Death on the Nile|Agatha Christie|unknown 160 13:15|"Where are the ladies and gentlemen?" asked Aleyn. "Sir, in the garden", said Bunce. "What time's lunch?" "^One-fifteen^."|A Man Lay Dead|Ngaio Marsh|unknown 161 13:20|It will take him time to arrive here, see it is ^twenty minutes past one^, and there are yet some times before he can hither come, be he never so quick.|Dracula|Bram Stoker|unknown 162 13:25|I'd really have liked to, I told her, if it weren't for the things I had in the drier. I cast an eye at my watch. ^One-twenty-five^. The drier had already stopped.|Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World|Haruki Murakami|unknown 163 13:30|She was a sticker. A clock away in the town struck ^half past one^.|Brighton Rock|Graham Greene|unknown 164 13:35|^1:35 P.M.^ Katelyn stood in the hallway, her hands on her hips, enjoying the hell out of the moment. "So I see how it is," she said. "Your cousin can visit during finals week but my sister can't."|Kitchens of the Great Midwest|J. Ryan Stradal|unknown 165 13:39|And it was now ^1.39pm^ which was 23 minutes after the stop, which mean that we would be at the sea if the train didn't go in a big curve. But I didn't know if it went in a big curve.|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 166 13:45|The blow fell at precisely ^one forty-five^ (summer-time). Benson, my Aunt Agatha's butler, was offering me the fried potatoes at the moment, and such was my emotion that I lofted six of them on the sideboard with the spoon.|Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch|P.G. Wodehouse|unknown 167 13:50|The best train of the day was the ^one-fifty^ from Paddington which reached Polgarwith just after seven o'clock.|The Cornish Mystery|Agatha Christie|unknown 168 13:55|I came the next day at ^five minutes before two^, and on reaching the schoolroom door, before I opened it, I heard a rapid, gabbling sound, which warned me that the "priere du midi" was not yet concluded.|The Professor|Charlotte Brontë|unknown 169 14:00|At ^two^, the snowplows were in action in Lillestrom.|The Snowman|Jo Nesbo|unknown 170 14:05|...and at ^five past two^ on 17 September of that same unforgettable year 1916, I was in the Muryovo hospital yard, standing on trampled withered grass, flattened by the September rain.|A Country Doctor's Notebook|Mikhail Bulgakov|unknown 171 14:10|He arrived at her house at ^2:10 P.M.^, two videotapes in one hand, and a single bag of uncooked microwave popcorn in the other.|Reprieve|James Han Mattson|unknown 172 14:15|^2.15 p.m.^ Second afternoon class|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 173 14:20|She looked at her watch and it was ^twenty minutes past two^. She had no time to lose but must get ready at once.|A Tale of Two Cities|Charles Dickens|unknown 174 14:25|There was a moment today, at ^2:25^, when study hall came suddenly to life. Heads were lifted and cocked as the siren in the belfry of the city hall announced trouble, probably a fire, somewhere in Staggerford.|Staggerford|Jon Hassler|unknown 175 14:30|She looked at her watch: ^half past two^. A few minutes to calm down before she had to go.|The Locked Room|Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö|unknown 176 14:36|I look at my watch. ^Two thirty-six^. All I've got left today is take in the laundry and fix dinner.|The Elephant Vanishes|Haruki Murakami|unknown 177 14:40|If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody. "We better hurry," I said. "The show starts at ^two-forty^."|Catcher in the Rye|J.D. Salinger|unknown 178 14:45|He never came down till ^a quarter to three^.|The Diary of a Nobody|George and Weedon Grossmith|unknown 179 14:50|Stands the Church clock at ^ten to three^? And is there honey still for tea?|The Old Vicarage, Grantchester|Rupert Brooke|unknown 180 14:55|The superior, the very reverend John Conmee SJ reset his smooth watch in his interior pocket as he came down the presbytery steps. ^Five to three^. Just nice time to walk to Artane.|Ulysses|James Joyce|unknown 181 15:00|"I gotta get uptown by ^three o'clock^."|A Confederacy of Dunces|John Kennedy Toole|unknown 182 15:05|For one moment Ruth could see the bones of the bats standing out clearly, as if in an X-ray picture. Then all the green turned black. It was ^3:05 P.M.^|The Tommyknockers|Stephen King|unknown 183 15:10|This time it was only the simple fact that the hands chanced to point to ^3.10pm^, the precise moment at which all the clocks of London had stopped.|The Purple Cloud|M.P. Shiel|unknown 184 15:15|The strawberry-nosed man glanced over his shoulder, caught Gordon's eye, and moved off, foiled. He had been on the point of slipping Edgar Wallace into his pocket. The clock over the Prince of Wales struck a ^quarter past three^.|Keep the Aspidistra Flying|George Orwell|unknown 185 15:20|When the phone rang at ^three twenty^ I was sprawled out on the tatami, starting at the ceiling. A pool of winter sunlight had formed in the place where I lay. Like a dead fly I lay there, vacant, in a December 1971 spotlight.|Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman|Haruki Murakami|unknown 186 15:25|"Hmm, let's see. It's a three-line rail-fence, a, d, g...d-a-r-l...Got it: 'Darling Hepzibah' Hepzibah? What kind of name is that? 'Will meet you Reading Sunday ^15.25^ train Didcot-Reading.' Reading you all right, you idiots."|C|Tom McCarthy|unknown 187 15:30|^3.30 p.m.^ Catch school bus home|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |Mark Haddon|unknown 188 15:35|...it didn't inevitably mean she'd still be in such a state when the schoolbus deposited Wolfie back home at ^3:35 P.M.^|I Am No One You Know: Stories|Joyce Carol Oates|unknown 189 15:40|At ^three-forty^, Cliff called to report that Dilworth and his lady friend were sitting on the deck of the Amazing Grace, eating fruit and sipping wine, reminiscing a lot, laughing a little.|Watchers|Dean Koontz|nsfw 190 15:45|Still, with that many acres of old vehicles, his chances looked pretty good. He glaced at his watch - ^3:45 P.M.^|French Creek|Peter Rennebohm|unknown 191 15:50|^3.50 p.m.^ Have juice and snack|The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time|Mark Haddon|unknown 192 15:55|^3.55 p.m.^ Give Toby food and water|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 193 16:00|^4.00 p.m.^ Take Toby out of his cage|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 194 16:05|IT was exactly ^five minutes past four^ as Mr. Robert Audley stepped out upon the platform at Shoreditch, and waited placidly ...|Lady Audley's Secret|Mary Elizabeth Braddon|unknown 195 16:10|^1610h.^ E.T.A Weight room. Freestyle circuits. The clank and click of various resistance systems.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|unknown 196 16:15|I remember the dread with which I at ^quarter past four^ Let go with a bang behind me our house front door|False Security|John Betjeman|unknown 197 16:20|^4.20 p.m.^ Watch television or a video|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 198 16:25|As I dressed I glanced at my watch. It was no wonder that no one was stirring. It was ^twenty-five minutes past four^. I had hardly finished when Holmes returned with the news that the boy was putting in the horse.|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 199 16:30|This afternoon everything is matching up. When the swing shift comes on duty the clock says ^four-thirty^, just like it should.|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|unknown 200 16:35|The Voice shut itself off with a click, and then reopened conversation by announcing the arrival at Platform 9 of the ^4.35^ from Birmingham and Wolverhampton.|4.50 from Paddington|Agatha Christie|unknown 201 16:40|^Four forty P.M.^ Besta sang another hymn. Everyone knew something was wrong. How long did they wait? The mayor was going crazy inside, as was the mayor's wife, as was their daughter. Seiji could barely contain his rage.|Trouble & Triumph: A Novel of Power & Beauty|Tip "T.I." Harris with David Ritz|unknown 202 16:45|At ^four-forty-five^ Miss Haddon went to tea with the Principal, who explained why she desired all the pupils to learn the same duet. It was part of her new co-ordinative system.|Co-ordination|EM Forster|unknown 203 16:50|They had all frozen at the same time, on a snowy night, seven years before, and after that it was always ^ten minutes to five^ in the castle.|The 13 Clocks|James Thurber|unknown 204 16:55|About ^five minutes to five^, just as they were all putting their things away for the night, Nimrod suddenly appeared in the house. He had come hoping to find some of them ready dressed to go home before the proper time.|The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell|unknown 205 17:00|^5.00 p.m.^ Read a book|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 206 17:05|At approximately ^5:05 p.m.^ Joe became aware of a man standing close to the table, about two metres away, talking in Mandarin into a mobile phone.|Typhoon|Charles Cumming|unknown 207 17:10|"Didna ye hear the pipes, my leddy?" he rejoined. "Yes, well enough; but a whole regiment of pipes can't make it six o'clock when my watch says ^ten minutes past five^."|Malcom|George MacDonald|unknown 208 17:15|^5:15 P.M.^ Yep, Jack Cermak's Corner Tap was the eighth circle of hell. In a gentrifying neighborhood like Logan Square, setting up a sanitized, overpriced bar to look like a cheap small-town dive was just plain sick.|Kitchens of the Great Midwest|J. Ryan Stradal|unknown 209 17:20|If she can keep her speed to seventy until she leaves the turnpike at midtown, and if she catches most of the traffic lights, she estimates she can be at her building by ^five-twenty^.|If It Bleeds|Stephen King|unknown 210 17:25|"Now," said Handsley, when Angela had poured out the last cup, "it's ^twenty-five minutes past five^, at half-past the Murder game is on."|A Man Lay Dead|Ngaio Marsh|unknown 211 17:30|It was ^half-past five^ before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager, and in excellent spirits, a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression.|The Sign of Four|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 212 17:33|At ^5:33 p.m.^ there is a blast of two deep, resonant notes a major third apart. On another day there is the same blast at 12:54 p.m. On another, exactly 8:00 a.m.|Varieties of Disturbance|Lydia Davis|unknown 213 17:40|"What?" I said, "is it 5:30 yet?" "Er, ^5:40^." Heavens, they'll be starving. But then that's a good thing. Let them.|I Love Dollars|Zhu Wen|unknown 214 17:45|Janice is not waiting for him in the lounge or beside the pool when at last around ^5.45^ they come home from playing the par-5 eighteenth.|Rabbit Is Rich|John Updike|unknown 215 17:50|"What time is it Jack?" "^Ten to six^" "Ten more minutes then." I shuffle the cards. "Time for a quick game of rummy?"|Noughts and Crosses|Malorie Blackman|unknown 216 17:55|...as he stood outside and put the shutters up with this own cold hands in despair of further trade. It was ^five minutes to six^.|The Deferred Appointment|Algernon Blackwood|unknown 217 18:00|^6.00 p.m.^ Have tea|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 218 18:05|At about ^five past six^ Piers came in carrying an evening paper and a few books.|A Glass of Blessings|Barbara Pym|unknown 219 18:10|"Let me see now. You had a drink at the Continental at ^six ten^." "Yes." "And at six forty-five you were talking to another journalist at the door of the Majestic?" "Yes, Wilkins. I told you all this, Vigot, before. That night."|The Quiet American|Graham Greene|unknown 220 18:15|At ^a quarter past six^ he was through with them.|The Photograph|Penelope Lively|unknown 221 18:20|By the time Elliot's mother arrived at ^twenty past six^, Mrs. Sen always made sure all evidence of her chopping was disposed of.|Interpreter of Maladies|Jhumpa Lahiri|unknown 222 18:25|I have this moment, while writing, had a wire from Jonathan saying that he leaves by the ^6.25^ tonight from Launceston and will be here at 10.18, so that I shall have no fear tonight.|Dracula|Bram Stoker|unknown 223 18:30|^6.30 p.m.^ Watch television or a video|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 224 18:35|I swipe for the time with wet thumbs: ^6:35 p.m.^ I'm early. Very early. I'd consider this a good thing if any part of my plan could be called that. I swallow. None of my plan is certain.|Bath Haus|P.J. Vernon|unknown 225 18:40|Amy: What's that? I thought I saw someone pass the window. What time is it? Charles: Nearly ^twenty to seven^.|The Family Reunion|TS Eliot|unknown 226 18:45|"^Six forty-five^," called Louie. "Did you hear, Ming," he asked, "did you hear?" "Yes, Taddy, I heard." "What is it?" asked Tommy. "The new baby, listen, the new baby."|The Man Who Loved Children|Christina Stead|unknown 227 18:50|It was time to go see the Lady. When we arrived at her house at ^ten minutes before seven o'clock^, Damaronde answered the door.|Boy's Life|Robert R. McCammon|unknown 228 18:55|"... You had no reason to think the times important. Indeed how suspicious it would be if you had been completely accurate." "Haven't I been?" "Not quite. It was ^five to seven^ that you talked to Wilkins." "Another ten minutes."|The Quiet American|Graham Greene|unknown 229 19:00|^7.00 p.m.^ Do maths practice|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 230 19:05|Punctual as always, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan was in the chandeliered lobby of the Hilton at ^7:05 p.m.^, when Jon and Shannon stepped off the elevator.|The Constantine Codex|Paul L. Maier|unknown 231 19:10|A warm breeze came through the window, smelling of freshly cut grass. The landlord was now mowing the patch of green lawn with a push mower. I glanced at my wristwatch. It was ^7:10 p.m.^|The Catacombs|Jeremy Bates|unknown 232 19:15|Cell count down to 400,000. Woke 8:10. To sleep ^7:15^. (Appear to have lost my watch without realising it, had to drive into town to buy another.)|The Voices of Time|JG Ballard|unknown 233 19:20|The pause, we finally concluded, was to allow the other important people to catch up, those who had arrived at 7:10 waiting for those who had arrived at ^7:20^.|Parkinson's Law or the Pursuit of Progress|C Northcote Parkinson|unknown 234 19:25|He picked up his hat and coat and Clarice said hello to him and he said hello and looked at the clock and it was almost ^twenty-five after seven^.|The Evening's at Seven|James Thurber|unknown 235 19:30|When the news was over, Anderson told Gardener she was going to bed. "At ^seven-thirty^?" "I'm still bushed." And she looked it.|The Tommyknockers|Stephen King|unknown 236 19:35|^7.35^-40. Yseut arrives at 'M. and S.', puts through phone call.|The Case of the Gilded Fly|Edmund Crispin|unknown 237 19:40|She arrives at ^7.40^, ten minutes late, but the children, Jimmy and Bitsy, are still eating supper and their parents are not ready to go yet. From other rooms come the sound of a baby screaming, water running, a television musical...|The Babysitter|Robert Coover|unknown 238 19:45|Contrary to his habit of being late, Pierre on that day arrived at the Bergs' house, not at ten but at ^fifteen minutes to eight^.|War and Peace|Leo Tostoy|unknown 239 19:50|"The hands of the clock in the middle of the wall were pointing to ^ten minutes to eight^. The cafe closed at eight.|Before the Coffee gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe|Toshikazu Kawaguchi|unknown 240 19:55|Flora drew her coat round her, and looked up into the darkening vault of the sky. Then she glanced at her watch. It was ^five to eight^.|Cold Comfort Farm|Stella Gibbons|unknown 241 20:00|^8.00 p.m.^ Have a bath|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 242 20:05|"Well, it's ^five-past eight^ now," I said to Drake. "You'd better go straight off and organise a flashing party. There's not a hope of a sortie tonight at sea, but we'd better be on the safe side."|Eight Hours from England|Anthony Quayle|unknown 243 20:10|At ^2010h.^ on 1 April Y.D.A.U., the medical attache is still watching the unlabelled entertainment cartridge.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|unknown 244 20:15|^8.15 p.m.^ Get changed into pyjamas|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 245 20:20|^8.20 p.m.^ Play computer games|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 246 20:25|She sat down in her usual seat and smiled at her husband as he sank into his own chair opposite her. She was saved. It was only ^five and twenty past eight^.|The Listerdale Mystery|Agatha Christie|unknown 247 20:30|At ^half past eight^ Millicent Hammitt barged in, without a preliminary knock, to say goodbye.|The Black Tower|PD James|unknown 248 20:35|^8:35pm.^ Found operating instructions under Hello.|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 249 20:40|The letter had been brought in at ^twenty minutes to nine^.|The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |Agatha Christie|unknown 250 20:45|At ^eight forty-five^, I called and said, "I need some financial advice. Actually, I'm serious. I'm in a bind."|My Year of Rest and Relaxation|Ottessa Moshfegh|unknown 251 20:50|He was, yes, always home from work by ^2050^ on Thursdays.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|unknown 252 20:55|Sitting on his bed in the spotless, white-walled room of the disease isolation unit, Merral D'Avanos looked up at the wall clock. It was ^five to nine^.|The Dark Foundations|Chris Walley|unknown 253 21:00|At ^2100^ at night it's cold out.|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|unknown 254 21:05|^Nine-five^. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?". The house was silent. The voice said at last, "Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random."|There Will Come Soft Rains|Ray Bradbury|unknown 255 21:15|^9.15.^ Did Roberts pay you yet?|Ulysses|James Joyce|unknown 256 21:20|^9.20 p.m.^ Have juice and a snack|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |Mark Haddon|unknown 257 21:25|^9:25 p.m.^ Aargh. Suddenly main menu is on TV saying Press 6. Realize was using telly remote control by mistake. Now News has come on|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 258 21:30|^9.30 p.m.^ Go to bed|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time|Mark Haddon|unknown 259 21:35|The Sergeant jotted it down on a piece of paper. "That checks up with his own story: ^9.35 p.m.^ Budd leaves; the North dame arrives."|A Blunt Instrument|Georgette Heyer|unknown 260 21:42|Langdon looked at his Mickey Mouse watch. ^9:42 P.M.^|The Lost Symbol|Dan Brown|unknown 261 21:45|But for some unfathomable reason-birth, death, the end of the universe and all things available to man-Cody Menhoff's was closed at ^9:45 PM^ on a Thursday...|Riven Rock |T. C. Boyle|unknown 262 21:50|Philip Lombard said: "What's the time now?" "^Ten minutes to ten^, sir." Lombard's eyebrows rose. He nodded slowly to himself.|And Then There Were None|Agatha Christie|unknown 263 21:53|People did not speak to her in such a manner. Her father was a lawyer. It was ^seven minutes to ten^.|Carrie|Stephen King|unknown 264 22:00|The grandfather clock in the State Room strikes ^ten^ times.|The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet|David Mitchell|unknown 265 22:05|"If you do not tell me everything I need to know by"-he looked at the watch on his wrist-"by ^ten-oh-five^ tomorrow night, you will be executed. You and the three exnays."|Among the Betrayed|Margaret Peterson Haddix|unknown 266 22:10|^10.10pm.^ When you turn your recorder on you must adjust clock and the calendar.......Press red and nothing happens. Press numbers and nothing happens. Wish stupid video had never been invented.|Bridget Jones's Diary |Helen Fielding|unknown 267 22:15|^10:15 p.m.^ Aargh Newsnight on in 15 minutes|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 268 22:20|At ^10:20^ she returned with a shopping bag from the supermarket. In the bag were three scrub brushes, one box of paperclips and a well-chilled six-pack of canned beer. So I had another beer. "It was about sheep," I said.|A Wild Sheep Chase|Haruki Murakami|unknown 269 22:25|^10:25pm.^ Got new cassette in now. Right. Turn to "Recording.................. Aargh Newsnight is starting"|Bridget Jones's Diary |Helen Fielding|unknown 270 22:30|The time was ^ten-thirty^ but it could have been three in the morning, because along its borders, West Berlin goes to bed with the dark|Smiley's People|John Le Carre|unknown 271 22:35|^10:35 p.m.^ Frantic now. Have rung Sahzzer, Rebecca, Simon, Magda. Nobody knows how to programme their videos. Only person I know who knows how to do it is Daniel.|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 272 22:40|The station clock told him the time: ^twenty to eleven^. He went to the booking office and asked the clerk in a polite tone when was the next train to Paris. "In twelve minutes."|The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By|Georges Simenon|unknown 273 22:45|^10.45pm.^ Oh God Daniel fell about laughing when I said I could not programme video. Said he would do it for me. Still at least I have done best for Mum. It is exciting and historic when one's friends are on TV.|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 274 22:50|^10.50 P. M.^ This diary-keeping of mine is, I fancy, the outcome of that scientific habit of mind about which I wrote this morning. I like to register impressions while they are fresh.|The Parasite|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|unknown 275 22:55|Mr. Justice Wargrave said: "It is now ^five minutes to eleven^. I think we should summon Miss Brent to join our conclave."|And Then There Were None|Agatha Christie|unknown 276 23:00|They didn't even sit down to eat until ^2300h.^|Infinite Jest |David Foster Wallace|unknown 277 23:05|My watch says ^11:05^. But whether AM or PM I don't know.|Household Worms|Stanley Donwood|unknown 278 23:10|He had not the strength to help himself, and at ^ten minutes past eleven^ no one could have helped him, no one in the world|Appointment in Samarra|John O'Hara|unknown 279 23:15|^11.15pm.^ Humph. Mum just rang "Sorry, darling. It isn't Newsnigtht, it's Breakfast News tomorrow. Could you set it for seven o'clock tomorrow morning, BBC1?"|Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|unknown 280 23:20|From Balboa Island, he drove south to Laguna Beach. At ^eleven-twenty^, he parked his van across the street from the Hudston house.|Watchers|Dean Koontz|unknown 281 23:25|"OK, Estelle, I willl be at Nice Airport at ^11.25 p.m.^ on Saturday, BA: Could you send the driver?"|Other People's Money|Justin Cartwright|unknown 282 23:30|He would catch the night bus for Casablanca, the one that left the beach at ^half past eleven^.|Midnight Mass & Other Stories (The Dismissal)|Paul Bowles|unknown 283 23:35|Then at ^eleven thirty-five^ the door at the rear of the hall opened and a police sergeant and three constables entered, ushered by Bagot.|Hamlet, Revenge!|Michael Innes|unknown 284 23:40|^Twenty minutes before midnight^, before Oliver put an end to the festivities, she gave in to her impulse and texted her son, reminding him of their mutually agreed-upon curfew.|Behind the Lie|Emilya Naymark|unknown 285 23:45|Billy's plan lasts until ^quarter to midnight^. He's been watching some action movie in his underwear, and although the plot is simple-something about a guy seekiong revenge on the man who killed his dog-Billy has lost the thread.|Billy Summers|Stephen King|unknown 286 23:50|At ^11.50pm^, I got up extremely quietly, took my things from under the bed, and opened the door one millimeter at a time, so it wouldn't make any noise.|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close|Jonathan Safran Foer|unknown 287 23:55|The band began playing Auld "Lang Syne." "^Eleven fifty-five^," she said, glancing at the gold watch on her pendant. "I really like 'Auld Lang Syne.' How about you?"|Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman|Haruki Murakami|unknown