ten minutes to one
I then open the door of the van , shut it behind me , and signal my presence to Kinko . The panel is lowered , the little lamp is lighted . In exchange for the cakes and wine I receive the brave fellow 's thanks , and we drink to the health of Zinca Klork , whose acquaintance I am to make on the morrow . It is ten minutes to one . In twelve minutes , so Popof says , we shall pass the junction with the Nanking branch . This branch is only completed for five or six kilometres , and leads to the viaduct over the Tjon valley . This viaduct is a great work -- I have the details from Pan-Chao -- and the engineers have as yet only got in the piers , which rise for a hundred feet above the ground .