ten minutes to six
Presently the great machinery which assisted her flight from the ground commenced its sullen roar . There was a chorus of farewell shouts and she glided up into the air , a long row of people waving farewells from the windows . Prince Shan glanced at his watch , -- twenty minutes to six . He paced the wooden boards and looked again , -- ten minutes to six . Then he stopped suddenly . Along that gleaming stretch of private road came a car , driven at a rapid pace . Prince Shan stood and watched it , and as he watched , it seemed almost as though the hidden sun had caught his face and transfigured it .