one o'clock
Once during their peregrination the eyes of the sailor before-mentioned fell upon Anne ; but he glanced over her and passed her unheedingly by . Loveday the elder was at this time on the other side of the line , looking for a messenger to the town . At twelve o'clock the review was over , and the King and his family left the hill . The troops then cleared off the field , the spectators followed , and by one o'clock the downs were again bare . They still spread their grassy surface to the sun as on that beautiful morning not , historically speaking , so very long ago ; but the King and his fifteen thousand armed men , the horses , the bands of music , the princesses , the cream-coloured teams -- the gorgeous centre-piece , in short , to which the downs were but the mere mount or margin -- how entirely have they all passed and gone ! -- lying scattered about the world as military and other dust , some at Talavera , Albuera , Salamanca , Vittoria , Toulouse , and Waterloo ; some in home churchyards ; and a few small handfuls in royal vaults . In the afternoon John Loveday , lightened of his trumpet and trappings , appeared at the old mill-house door , and beheld Anne standing at hers .