About
one o'clock in the afternoon
It came to him with a sort of a shock that , after all , a King was in nowise different from other men . Meanwhile the Earl and his brother replaced their bascinets , and presently the whole party moved forward upon the way to Mackworth . That same afternoon the squires ' quarters were thrown into such a ferment of excitement as had , perhaps , never before stirred them . About one o'clock in the afternoon the Earl himself and Lord George came walking slowly across the Armory Court wrapped in deep conversation , and entered Sir James Lee 's office . All the usual hubbub of noise that surrounded the neighborhood of the dormitory and the armory was stilled at their coming , and when the two noblemen had entered Sir James 's office , the lads and young men gathered in knots discussing with an almost awesome interest what that visit might portend . After some time Sir James Lee came to the door at the head of the long flight of stone steps , and whistling , beckoned one of the smaller pages to him . He gave a short order that sent the little fellow flying on some mission .