nearly eleven o'clock
I am wondering much what the special duty is to be . '' `` You will know , sir , in the same breath that you are ordered away to that duty , '' smiled the executive officer . `` Yes , this is war-time and advance information is very rare , '' Darrin admitted . It was , in fact , nearly eleven o'clock when a man of the deck watch reported that a boat had put off from the flagship and was apparently heading for the `` Grigsby . '' `` I 'll go out to receive the visitor , '' said Fernald , rising and leaving the chart-room . The boat was , indeed , heading for the destroyer . It soon came alongside , bringing a staff officer from the admiral .