Nine o'clock
`` Were he an impostor , '' replied the old man , `` he would have insisted by word of mouth that he is king . But not once has he said that he is Leopold . Instead , he has proved his kingship by his acts . '' Nine o'clock found Barney Custer pacing up and down his apartments in the palace . No clue as to the whereabouts of Coblich , Maenck or the king had been discovered . One by one his troopers had returned to Butzow empty-handed , and as much at a loss as to the hiding-place of their quarry as when they had set out upon their search . Peter of Blentz and his retainers had entered the city and already had commenced to gather at the cathedral .