10 minutes to 2 P.M.
Come , now , hustle out some blankets and food and books and things for me and Huck , and you can start right along . There ai n't no occasion to fool around -- I want a smoke , and the quicker you fetch that pipe the better . '' All hands jumped for the things , and in eight minutes our things was out and the balloon was ready for America . So we shook hands good-bye , and Tom gave his last orders : `` It 's 10 minutes to 2 P.M. now , Mount Sinai time . In 24 hours you 'll be home , and it 'll be 6 to-morrow morning , village time . When you strike the village , land a little back of the top of the hill , in the woods , out of sight ; then you rush down , Jim , and shove these letters in the post-office , and if you see anybody stirring , pull your slouch down over your face so they wo n't know you . Then you go and slip in the back way to the kitchen and git the pipe , and lay this piece of paper on the kitchen table , and put something on it to hold it , and then slide out and git away , and do n't let Aunt Polly catch a sight of you , nor nobody else .