an hour before noon
To each gentleman she also gave some trinket , such as the elaborate dress of the time permitted , and to each serving man or maid a piece of money . Of each one she gravely but gently besought pardon for all the displeasures or offences she might have caused them , and as they replied , kissing her hand , many of them with tears , she returned a kiss on the brow to each woman and an entreaty to be remembered in their prayers , and a like request , with a pressure of the hand , to each man or boy . It must have been a tedious ceremony , and yet to every one it seemed as if Mary put her whole heart into it , and to any to whom she owed special thanks they were freely paid . The whole was only over by an hour before noon . Then she partook of a manchet and a cup of wine , drinking , with liquid eyes , to the health and prosperity of her good host , and to the restoration of his family peace , which she had so sorely , though unwittingly , disturbed . Then she let him hand her out , once more kissing Susan Talbot and Cis , who was weeping bitterly , and whispering to the latter , `` Not over much grief , ma petite ; not more than may befit , ma mignonne . '' Lord Shrewsbury lifted her on her horse , and , with him on one side and Sir Ralf Sadler on the other , she rode down the long avenue on her way to Wingfield .