12:10
`` Five eighty-seven . '' There was a curious relenting in the sharpened old face . The man had been struck in a vital spot . With his fine-pointed pen he affectionately wrote the figures on a pad : `` $ 5.87 -- 12:10 . '' They were ideal ; they vanquished him . Slowly he counted out money from various pockets , but the sum was $ 5.90 . `` Bring me the change , '' he said .