about four
o'clock
We travelled through the night . Esmond discoursing to his mistress of the events of the last twenty-four hours ; of Castlewood 's ride and his ; of the Prince 's generous behavior and their reconciliation . The night seemed short enough ; and the starlit hours passed away serenely in that fond company . So we came along the road ; the Bishop 's coach heading ours ; and , with some delays in procuring horses , we got to Hammersmith about four o'clock on Sunday morning , the first of August , and half an hour after , it being then bright day , we rode by my Lady Warwick 's house , and so down the street of Kensington . Early as the hour was , there was a bustle in the street and many people moving to and fro . Round the gate leading to the Palace , where the guard is , there was especially a great crowd . And the coach ahead of us stopped , and the Bishop 's man got down to know what the concourse meant ?