9:30 P.M.
To begin with _ Cryptic _ and _ Devolution _ , Captain Panke and Captain Malan -- '' '' _ Cryptic _ and _ Devolution _ , first-class cruisers , '' said Mr. Moorshed dreamily . `` Go on , Pyecroft . '' '' -- bein ' delayed by minor defects in engine-room , did _ not _ , as we know , accompany Red Fleet 's first division of scouting cruisers , whose rendezvous is unknown , but presumed to be somewhere off the Lizard . _ Cryptic _ an ' _ Devolution _ left at 9:30 P.M. still reportin ' copious minor defects in engine-room . Admiral 's final instructions was they was to put into Torbay , an ' mend themselves there . If they can do it in twenty-four hours , they 're to come on and join the battle squadron at the first rendezvous , down Channel somewhere . -LRB- I could n't get that , Sir . -RRB-