ten minutes to ten
`` Well , up to this evenin ' I was n't sure , Ginger , but now I ` ear you 're a-goin ' , o ' course I 'm puttin ' me money on the ole lion . '' `` I do n't ` old wi ' war , '' grumbled Ginger . `` S ' ` elp me if I do . '' `` Well , mates , '' Bindle remarked , as he rose to go , the hands of the clock on the mantelpiece pointing to ten minutes to ten , `` I 'm due at the War Office , an ' they do n't like to be kep ' waitin ' . Lord ! ` ow the Kayser must ` ate me ! So long . ''