nearly one o'clock
That means the troops from Lorient , and a wretched lot of bushwhacking and guerrilla work . Those Faöuet Bretons that Buckhurst has recruited are a bad lot ; there is going to be trouble , I tell you . '' Eyre suggested that we arm our circus people , and Speed promised to attend to it and to post them at the tent doors , ready to resist any interference with the performance on the part of Buckhurst 's recruits . It was already nearly one o'clock as we threaded our way through the crowds at the entrance , where our band was playing gayly and thousands of white head-dresses fluttered in the sparkling sunshine that poured intermittently from a sky where great white clouds were sailing seaward . `` Walk right up , messoors ! Entry done , mesdames , see voo play ! '' shouted Byram , waving a handful of red and blue tickets .