ten o'clock in the
evening
They were all fully convinced that Achmed would first sacrifice them all and then fall himself . Halil Patrona was already the master of Stambul . The rebel leaders had assembled together in the central mosque , and from thence distributed their commands . At the sixth hour -LRB- according to Christian calculation ten o'clock in the evening -RRB- the ship arrived bearing the Sultan , the princes , the magnates , and the sacred banner , and cast anchor beside the coast kiosk at the Gate of Cannons . Inside the Seraglio none knew anything of the position of affairs . All through the city a great commotion prevailed with the blowing of horns , in the cemetery bivouac fires had been everywhere lighted . `` Why can not I send a couple of grenades among them from the sea ? ''