Twenty minutes before two
` HE has produced a large pair of scissors , and drawn a roll of some substance , not unlike parchment in appearance , from the tin case . The experiment is about to begin . I must strain my eyes to the utmost , in the attempt to follow its minutest operation . ' ` _ Twenty minutes before two _ . ` I HAVE at length been enabled to ascertain that the tin tube contains a few yards of some celebrated plaster , recommended -- as I discover on regarding the label attentively through my eye-glass -- as a preservative against sea-sickness . Mr. Slug has cut it up into small portions , and is now sticking it over himself in every direction . ' ` _ Three o'clock _ .