five minutes to twelve o'clock
`` If we should n't be around in the morning , do n't worry . We 'll turn up sooner or later . '' Stubbs nodded and made ready for bed . At five minutes to twelve o'clock , Hal and Chester started for the headquarters of General Petain . `` Here 's where we get busy again , old man , '' said Chester . For forty-eight hours the greatest of modern artillery duels had raged incessantly . German guns swept the French positions in all sections of the Verdun region .