About two o'clock
Each of them produced the seal of Cleopatra 's head , and were received with all sorts of courtesies , especially the young man with the lackeys . Nevertheless , excepting this young man , they all seemed timid and preoccupied . Most of them dispersed , however , until supper-time , either to swell the crowd at the execution of Salcede , or to see Paris . About two o'clock , others began to arrive . One man came in alone , without a hat , a cane in his hand , and swearing at Paris , where he said the thieves were so adroit that they had stolen his hat as he had passed through a crowd , without his being able to see who had taken it . However , he said , it was his own fault , for wearing a hat ornamented with such a superb diamond . At four o'clock , forty people had arrived .