nearly nine o'clock
Communication was broken . The authorities of the Venus Central State -- friendly to us in spite of the recent immigration controversy -- had tried to warn us . Of what ? _ Warning _ It must have been nearly nine o'clock when a personal message came for me . Not through the ordinary open airways , but in the National Length , and coded . It came to my desk by official messenger , decoded , printed and sealed . _ Jac Hallen , Inter-Allied News _ .