half after the hour of ten
`` Here is the watch , '' said the other voice ; `` it was true to the second yesterday . And now , for the last time , dost fully understand the signal ? It is to be the first stroke of eleven . The King is expected at half after the hour of ten ; that will leave thirty minutes ' margin , and the lords will have assembled before James doth take his place . '' `` Knowest thou , '' inquired Fawkes , when Winter had ceased , `` what may be the first measure before the House ? '' `` Methinks , '' replied the man , `` one Lord Effingston will speak upon a bill relating to the duty upon wool . '' And he added , with a laugh which the girl could distinctly hear , `` perchance his fine words will be interrupted , if thy tinder be not damp . ''