noon
Next day , Aveline found all her counsellor had told her was correct . Several of the rooms , hitherto thrown open to her -- in especial the great banquetting-chamber -- were now closed ; and it was evident from the sounds that reached her ear -- footsteps hurrying to and fro , loud impatient voices , and noises occasioned by the removal of furniture , and the placing of chairs and tables , together with the clatter of plates and dishes -- that preparations for a festival were going on actively within them . Nothing could equal the consternation and distress exhibited by Dame Sherborne and old Anthony Rocke ; but , faithful to her scheme , Aveline -LRB- however she desired it -RRB- did not relieve their anxiety . At noon , Luke Hatton came again . He seemed in great glee ; and informed her that all was going on as well as could be desired . He counselled her to make two requests of Sir Francis . First , that he should endow her with ten thousand marks , to be delivered to her before the nuptials ; secondly , that she should be permitted to shroud her features and person in a veil during the marriage ceremony .