"At just eleven minutes to eight."
"Where?"
"In the surgery."
"He came back there?"
"Yes."
"How do you fix that precise time—eleven minutes to eight?"
"Because he'd arranged to see a patient in Meadow Gate at ten minutes to eight. I glanced at the clock as he came in, saw what time it was, and reminded him of the appointment."
"Did he go to keep it?"
"He did."