six o'clock
` O ! where is he now ? ' ` Never mind , ' said Anne impatiently , at which the trumpet-major obediently moved on . By the time they reached the pier it was six o'clock ; the royal yacht was returning ; a fact announced by the ships in the harbour firing a salute . The King came ashore with his hat in his hand , and returned the salutations of the well-dressed crowd in his old indiscriminate fashion . While this cheering and waving of handkerchiefs was going on Anne stood between the two brothers , who protectingly joined their hands behind her back , as if she were a delicate piece of statuary that a push might damage . Soon the King had passed , and receiving the military salutes of the piquet , joined the Queen and princesses at Gloucester Lodge , the homely house of red brick in which he unostentatiously resided .