ten minutes to one
How they did waggle from side to side ; and how impossible it was not to laugh and shout at the absurd feeling of the thing ! `` This is rare good sport , '' said Chris at last . He had but just spoken when he met Mr. White . `` It 's ten minutes to one , '' said the latter . `` We must go , or we sha n't be on the terrace as soon as the rector . Come along , boys ; it 's dinner-time . '' There was a general turning round of tricycles , and in a few minutes the little party were making their way towards the palace .