noon
And , as accident permitted , I complied with or refused her request . One evening a numerous assembly of Greek chieftains were gathered together in the palace . The intriguing Palli , the accomplished Karazza , the warlike Ypsilanti , were among the principal . They talked of the events of the day ; the skirmish at noon ; the diminished numbers of the Infidels ; their defeat and flight : they contemplated , after a short interval of time , the capture of the Golden City . They endeavoured to picture forth what would then happen , and spoke in lofty terms of the prosperity of Greece , when Constantinople should become its capital . The conversation then reverted to Asiatic intelligence , and the ravages the plague made in its chief cities ; conjectures were hazarded as to the progress that disease might have made in the besieged city . Raymond had joined in the former part of the discussion .