ten minutes after midnight
It faded away into the darkness and they think it was headed toward the mouth of the Bush River . They had their nets up and reset in another hour but the boat did n't reappear . '' `` Hmm . High tide was at ten minutes after midnight . There was plenty of water in the river at that hour . It sounds promising . '' `` I thought of telephoning Washington and getting a Coast Guard cutter put on patrol in the bay but I did n't like to do it without your sanction . ''