ten minutes to four
Six hundred and twenty-seven francs and fifty centimes ' worth of whitening cream from _ Candès _ ... . Enough to soften the skin of a squadron of a hundred guards ! '' ` This ca n't keep on , ' I said , putting the bills in my pocket . `` At ten minutes to four , I crossed the wicket by the Carrousel . `` In the Salon of the _ aides de camp _ I happened on Bacciochi . '' ` The Emperor has the grippe , ' he said to me . ` He is keeping to his room .