eleven minutes to four
Lord Pomfret was exceedingly wrath . In fact , he brooded over the incident . This augured ill for Anthony . The cold fact that in due season -- to be precise , at eleven minutes to four that same afternoon -- Slip Along won his race easily did not improve matters . That he started at thirty-three to one was still less digestible ... . When his lordship read the news at half-past five , he broke into a cold sweat . Then he bit savagely at the nail of his favourite thumb .