about three o'clock
Moreover , Mr. Cowper looked exceedingly contemptuous , and made the mention of Whitehall and Lambeth a handle for impressing on the jury that the witness had been deep in the counsels of the late royal family , and that she was escorted from St. Germain by the prisoner just before he entered on foreign service . One of the servants at Fareham was called upon to testify to the hour of his young master 's return on the fatal day . It was long past dinner-time , he said . It must have been about three o'clock . Charles put in an inquiry as to the condition of his horse . `` Hard ridden , sir , as I never knew your Honour bring home Black Bess in such a pickle before . '' After a couple of young men had been called who could speak to some outbreaks of dislike to poor Peregrine , in which all had shared , the case for the prosecution was completed .