five minutes
to twelve
He was very curious in clocks and watches -- the Emperor _ Charles _ the Fifth -- you know ? -- and in his chamber at the Monastery of _ San Yuste _ he had so many . And watching them each day , he found they went not all at one . The big clock was five minutes to twelve when the little watch was two minutes past . So he tried to make them at one : but they would not . No , no ! the big clock and the little watch , they go their own way .