eleven o'clock before
I am off . '' When at last I arrived at Cary 's flat it was very late , and I was exceedingly tired and out of temper . A squadron of Zeppelins had been reported from the sea , the air-defence control at Newcastle had sent out the preliminary warning `` F.M.W. , '' and the speed of my train had been reduced to about fifteen miles an hour . I had expected to get in to dinner , but it was eleven o'clock before I reached my destination . I had not even the satisfaction of seeing a raid , for the Zepps , made cautious by recent heavy losses , had turned back before crossing the line of the coast . Cary and his wife fell upon my neck , for we were old friends , condoled with me , fed me , and prescribed a tall glass of mulled port flavoured with cloves . My stern views upon the need for Prohibition in time of war became lamentably weakened .