eleven o'clock
The one-eyed maid spoke of the rats which had forced their way into the house , and the sick woman repeated impatiently , `` The rats ! '' and , with prudent reserve , silently kept her thoughts to herself . The Queen of Hungary had returned home the evening before , and on the following morning summoned Barbara to the Golden Cross to sing with the boy choir . When the major-domo , Quijada , obedient to her command , entered the room at eleven o'clock , she called to him : `` Miracles , Luis , mighty miracles in these godless times ! I have just come from his Majesty , and in what did I find him occupied ? Turning over music with Maestro Gombert -- of course , for a female voice . Besides , he looked as if he had just defeated the Turks and Frenchmen at once .