five minutes to six
`` That may be a bite ! '' The old man nodded with suppressed excitement . `` They were to set out at six . It 's five minutes to six now . '' Without a word Katherine crossed swiftly and opened the door an inch , and stood tensely waiting beside it . Presently , through the calm of the Sabbath evening , there started up very near the sudden buzzing of a cranked-up car . Then swiftly the buzzing faded away into the distance .