ten o'clock
xliv . 1 . _ It would be about half an hour before the King 's dinner-time , which was ten o'clock , that Master Richard came again to the hall . There was not so great a press that day , and the holy youth was able to make his way near to the barrier that held back the common folk , and to see the King plainly . He was upon his seat beneath the cloth-of-estate that was quartered with the leopards and lilies , and had his hat upon his head . About him , beneath the scaffold on which he sat were the great nobles , and my lord cardinal had a chair set for him upon the right-hand side , on the step below the King 's .