about nine o'clock
We 've puzzled them this time , but if we keep on doing the trick for them , I 'm afraid they 'll soon guess how it 's done . I do n't believe , sir , you can fool the American Navy more than once . '' `` It seems almost a shame to have to go below , '' sighed Lieutenant McCrea . It was evening , the time about nine o'clock . For nearly an hour the `` Pollard '' had been running out to sea at something below her full speed . She was now something like a dozen miles off the coast . Commander Ennerling had just decided that it would be a good time to test the diving capabilities of the submarine .