ten o'clock
`` There 's a retaliation stunt on to-night , '' he explained ; `` we are getting up a scratch raid into Germany . You fellows will be in for it . Tam , you will be my second in command . '' * * * * * At ten o'clock that night the squadron rose and headed eastward . The moon was at its full , but there was a heavy ground mist , and at six thousand feet a thin layer of clouds which afforded the raiders a little cover . Tam was on the left of the diamond formation , flying a thousand feet above the bombers , and for an hour and a half his eyes were glued upon the signal light of his leader . Presently their objective came into sight : a spangle of lights on the ground .