four o'clock
Placing the note in an envelope she sealed it and handed it to the officer , who bowed and left the room . A half hour later officers of the Royal Horse were riding through the streets of Lustadt . Some announced to the people upon the streets the coming marriage of the king and princess . Others rode to the houses of the nobility with the king 's command that they be present at the ceremony in the old cathedral at four o'clock that afternoon . Never had there been such bustling about the royal palace or in the palaces of the nobles of Lutha . The buzz and hum of excited conversation filled the whole town . That the choice of the king met the approval of his subjects was more than evident .