midday
Looking down the effect was a vast area of stippled pink , each dot a still upturned face regarding him . At his appearance with Ostrog the cheering died away , the singing died away , a common interest stilled and unified the disorder . It seemed as though every individual of those myriads was watching him . So far as Graham was able to judge , it was near midday when the white banner of the Council fell . But some hours had to elapse before it was possible to effect the formal capitulation , and so after he had spoken his `` Word '' he retired to his new apartments in the wind-vane offices . The continuous excitement of the last twelve hours had left him inordinately fatigued , even his curiosity was exhausted ; for a space he sat inert and passive with open eyes , and for a space he slept . He was roused by two medical attendants , come prepared with stimulants to sustain him through the next occasion .