George
Two return tickets to London please. What time will the next train leave?
Attendant
At nineteen minutes past eight.
George
Which platform?
Attendant
Platform Two. Over the bridge.
Ken
What time will the next train leave?
George
At eight nineteen.
Ken
We've got plenty of time.
George
It's only three minutes to eight.
Ken
Let's go and have a drink. There's a bar next door to the station.
George
We had better go back to the station now, Ken.
Porter
Tickets please.
George
We want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
Porter
You've just missed it!
George
What! It's only eight fifteen.
Porter
I'm sorry, sir. That clock's ten minutes slow.
George
When's the next train?
Porter
In five hours' time!