65.--THE RAILWAY STATION CLOCK.

A clock hangs on the wall of a railway station, 71 ft. 9 in. long and 10

ft. 4 in. high. Those are the dimensions of the wall, not of the clock!

While waiting for a train we noticed that the hands of the clock were

pointing in opposite directions, and were parallel to one of the

diagonals of the wall. What was the exact time?

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