Five minutes to ten
`` As you ask in such a polite way , I shall do so , '' was the reply . `` I would n't tell this other fellow anything . He 's too smart . '' He produced his watch , and after a glance at it , said : `` Five minutes to ten . '' `` By George ! '' exclaimed Jack . `` And we were to meet Lord Hastings at the Lion Inn at 10 o'clock . ''