midnight
Berengaria seemed absorbed by the details of her tournament . She met many of her knights , and she conferred with them all ; the Knight of the Bleeding Heart , the Knight of Roses , the Knight of the Crystal Shield . Endymion , who was not to be a knight , but a gentleman-at-arms in attendance on the Queen of the Tournament , mentioned that Prince Florestan much wished to be a jouster ; he had heard this from the Duke of St. Angelo , and Lady Montfort , though she did not immediately sanction , did not absolutely refuse , the request . Past midnight , there was a sudden stir in the saloons . The House of Commons had broken up and many members were entering . There had been a division on the Jamaica question , and the ministers had only a majority of five . The leader of the House of Commons had intimated , not to say announced , their consequent resignation .