noon
We had reached at last the shell-swept zone . From now onwards there could be no certainty that we would not be alive one moment and dead the next . We shivered pleasantly . It was not till noon that a lighter came alongside , and , having taken us all aboard , proceeded to make for the beach . All the while the Turk left us unmolested , causing us to wonder whether he were short of ammunition , or just rudely indifferent to our coming to Suvla or our staying away . Two shells or three , we thought , would have had their courteous aspect . But without greeting of any kind from the enemy our lighter rose on the last wave and bumped against the jetty .