three hours after noon
Take a month , or if he will not give it , a week . Much may happen in that time . '' `` The counsel is wise , '' he said , catching at this straw . `` Daughter , be in the great hall of audience with your attendants three hours after noon , for then we must receive Ithobal boldly in all pomp , and deal with him as best we may . And now I go to ask peace for the Levite from the priests of El , and to discover whom the sacred colleges desire to nominate as the new Baaltis . Doubtless it will be Mesa , the daughter of her who is dead , though many are against her . Oh !