five minutes to
eleven
`` We stood there , then , and watched Bernaldez take the clock from its case . He held it to his ear to make sure that it was going . It seemed to me that it ticked as loud up there as a clock ticks in a room at night . Bernaldez set forward the hands till they stood at five minutes to eleven . ` The eleventh hour , ' said Mateo , with his dry laugh . Bernaldez set the clock down again . He took off his hat and threw it down to mark the ground .