ten minutes past eight
`` I ca n't see as it makes any difference to you , '' said Duval , with an evil leer . `` You are not going any place . However , I 'll tell you . It is now just ten minutes past eight . '' Hal did not reply , and proceeded to finish his sandwich . Finally , all the food having disappeared , Duval pushed back his chair and produced three cigars , one of which he offered to Hal and the other to his lieutenant . `` I do n't smoke , '' said Hal ; `` thanks all the same . ''