Forty-two minutes past ten
`` My stake is deposited at the bank in Baltimore , '' replied Barbicane simply ; `` and if Nicholl is not there , it will go to his heirs . '' `` Ah , you practical men ! '' exclaimed Michel Ardan ; `` I admire you the more for not being able to understand you . '' `` Forty-two minutes past ten ! '' said Nicholl . `` Only five minutes more ! '' answered Barbicane .