eight
o'clock in the evening
snarled the King . `` And you would say that to the public ? '' `` Sir -- that is only the exordium '' -- -LRB- my voice was raised a little , I think , for indeed I was raging again by now -RRB- . `` Next , I would observe that Mistress Jermyn is my own cousin , and that the hour was eight o'clock in the evening -- not nine , if I may so far correct Your Majesty ; whereas very different hours are kept by some members of the Court , and the ladies are not their cousins at all . '' I had never seen the King so angry . He was unable to speak for fury . His face paled to parchment-colour under his sallow skin , and his eyes burned like coals .