ten o'clock
No answer was required . When the commandant read the brief note , he made no remark . In fact , he could think of no appropriate remark to make . The missive simply informed him that at ten o'clock and eighteen minutes A. M. , of that day , the first bomb from the marine forces of the Syndicate had been discharged into the waters of the harbour . At , or about , two o'clock P.M. , the second bomb would be discharged at Fort Pilcher . That was all . What this extraordinary message meant could not be imagined by any officer of the garrison .