ten minutes to two
he asked , crumbling deeper in the leather-cushioned chair . `` You will positively get overheated and ruin -- your -- complex -- ion ! '' This last was drawled out with the most aggravating yawn . `` Why , Jack , I have to be in my car at ten minutes to two , and do you see the time ? '' `` No , but I hear it . I wonder who on earth put a clock to ticking . Bad enough to hear the hours knock , but this constant tick -- '' `` Jack , whatever you have to say to me please say it , '' interrupted the sister .