four o'clock
Diego , lithe and sinewy , with his cropped black hair , high colour , and quick shallow eyes , bounded here and there , swift and active as a panther . Seeing him thus , with his heart in his returns , I could not but doubt ; more , as the game proceeded , amid the laughter and jests and witty sallies of the courtiers , I felt the doubt grow ; the riddle became each minute more abstruse , the man more mysterious . But that was of no moment now . A little after four o'clock the match ended in my favour ; on which the King , tired of inaction , sprang up , and declaring that he would try Diego 's strength himself , entered the court . I followed , with Vitry and others , and several strokes which had been made were tested and discussed . Presently , the King going to talk with Mademoiselle at her window , I remarked the Spaniard and Maignan , with the King 's marker , and one or two others waiting at the further door . Almost at the same moment I observed a sudden movement among them , and voices raised higher than was decent , and I called out sharply to know what it was .