eleven o'clock
See to it that Prince Robin is well looked after to-day , that 's all . '' `` Trust me for that , Baron , '' said Quinnox with his truest smile . Even Marlanx knew that he would have to kill a Quinnox before a Graustark ruler could be reached . By eleven o'clock the streets in the neighbourhood of the Plaza were packed with people . All along Castle Avenue , up which the Prince was to drive in the coach of State , hung the proud , adoring burghers and their families : like geese to flock , like sheep to scatter . At twelve the Castle gates were to be thrown open for the brilliant cavalcade that was to pass between these cheering rows of people . In less than a quarter of an hour afterward , the Prince and his court , the noble ladies and gentlemen of Graustark , with the distinguished visitors from other lands , would pass into the great square through Regengetz Circus .