five minutes to nine
Just as I turned the corner out of the High Street a big grey car overtook me ; out jumped two fellows and had a jiu-jitsu hold on in a second ! They gagged me and tied me up inside , all the time apologising and hoping they were n't hurting me ! They drove me to this shed and left me there . It was five minutes to nine when one of them came back and untied my hands , giving himself a start while I undid the rest of the knots . Here I am ! Where 's Séverac Bablon ? '' The Right Hon. Walter Belford became the man of action again .