four o'clock
Hour by hour , the streets grew denser , for each hour brought new arrivals , and always some of the _ elite _ of the earth . To George Bullen , with the journalist instinct , there was `` copy '' everywhere , and he was not slow to take full notes . Things were quieter from one to four , for the heat , in the open , was almost unbearable . At four o'clock , Bullen was close by the chief gate of the Temple . He would watch the arrival of the chief actors in the first part of the great ceremonies . Through the mighty hosts of acclaiming peoples which lined that wide marble upward road , King after King rode , all on white horses . Merchant princes from Babylon ; Royal princes from many lands .