five minutes to twelve
repeated I ; `` I 'm in a hot sweat . If you two children meant to come , why in creation did n't you come in time ? '' `` We did , '' replied Mr. Dick , promptly . `` We crawled under the wire fence into the deer park at five minutes to twelve . The will said ` Be on the ground , ' and I was -- flat on the ground ! '' `` We 've had the police , '' I said , drearily enough . `` I would n't live through another day like yesterday for a hundred dollars . ''