seven o'clock
I asked , for I knew the hotels would not hold them . `` Oh , every person is billeted upon somebody of his own class as far as possible . Some of them have relatives here . '' At seven o'clock , about fifty bands of music struck up , in different parts of the great central circle . They all played the same tunes and kept wonderful time . As soon as they struck up , Johnson said , `` That means the processions have started . '' We waited about a quarter of an hour .