three o’clock in the afternoon
Doubtless it will be Mesa , the daughter of her who is dead , though many are against her . Oh ! if there were no priests and no women , this city would be easier to govern , '' and with an impatient gesture Sakon left the room . ***** It was three o'clock in the afternoon , and the great hall of audience in Zimboe was crowded with a brilliant assemblage . There sat Sakon , the governor , and with him his council of the notables of the city ; there were prince Aziel and among his retinue , Issachar the prophet , fierce-eyed as ever , though hardly recovered from the rough handling he had experienced in the temple . There were representatives of the college of the priests of El . There were many ladies , wives and daughters of dignitaries and wealthy citizens , and with them a great crowd of spectators of all classes gathered in the lower part of the hall , for a rumour had spread about that the farewell audience given by Sakon to King Ithobal was likely to be stormy .