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 is 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.