two minutes to twelve
Master Pemberton will show us where the armour is lying . '' There was , indeed , a large pile . Oswald then said , `` As you are known , Master Pemberton , you had better stop here ; for it will take some picking before Roger is suited . As it is but two minutes to twelve , I must hurry back to Lord Talbot 's tent . '' Some seven or eight knights were already there . Lord Talbot introduced him to them and , as they dined , Oswald related , at their request , more particularly how he had got through the Welsh -- a task that seemed to them well-nigh impossible , since the soldiers dared not venture even to the edge of the forest , so thickly were the Welsh posted there . `` That man-at-arms must be a stalwart fellow , indeed , '' said one , `` to kill three Welshmen with nought but a quarterstaff . ''