three
o’clock
The throng thickened ; it was impossible that the speakers should be audible to the whole assembly . Hastily it was decided to arrange two centres . Whilst Mutimer was speaking at the lower end of the Green , Redgrave would lift up his voice in the opposite part , and make it understood that Mutimer would repeat his address there as soon as he had satisfied the hearers below . The meeting was announced for three o'clock , but it was half an hour later before Mutimer stood up on the cart and extended his hand in appeal for silence . It at first seemed as if he could not succeed in making his voice heard at all . A cluster of Roodhouse 's followers , under the pretence of demanding quiet , made incessant tumult . But ultimately the majority , those who were merely curious , and such of the angry East-Enders as really wanted to hear what Mutimer had to say for himself , imposed silence .