one o'clock
Bleak trembled with nervousness . Had Quimbleton hoaxed him ? What could halt this mighty pageant now ? He was about to telephone to his city editor to go ahead with the one o'clock edition as originally planned ... . From the sky came a roar of engines that drowned for a moment the thundering echoes of the parade . The three gray planes , which had been circling far above , swooped down almost to a level with the tops of the buildings . One of these , a huge two-seated bomber , passed directly over Bleak 's head .