six o'clock
`` All the supplies have arrived , and the crew are at their stations . At what hour will it please your Highness to start ? '' Prince Shan looked through the open window , along the wooden platform , out to the broad stretch of road which led to London . `` I announced the hour of my departure as six o'clock , '' he replied . `` I can not leave before in case of any farewell message . Is the woman of whom I spoke to you here ? '' `` She is in attendance , your Highness . ''