two o'clock in the
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It is the nation speaking . You have the spectacle of that unsentimental thing , a Government , making reverence to that name and saying to its agent , `` Uncover , and pass on ; it is France that commands . '' Yes , the promise has been kept ; it will be kept always ; `` forever '' was the King 's word . -LRB- 1 -RRB- At two o'clock in the afternoon the ceremonies of the Coronation came at last to an end ; then the procession formed once more , with Joan and the King at its head , and took up its solemn march through the midst of the church , all instruments and all people making such clamor of rejoicing noises as was , indeed , a marvel to hear . An so ended the third of the great days of Joan 's life . And how close together they stand -- May 8th , June 18th , July 17th ! -LRB- 1 -RRB- IT was faithfully kept during three hundred and sixty years and more ; then the over-confident octogenarian 's prophecy failed .