a quarter before six
He had heard that the priest had been forced to change his room , and was to sleep in Mr. Melville 's for the present ; so her Grace would have to get on without him as well as she could . There would be no Popish mass to-morrow , then , in the oratory that he had heard was made upstairs ... . He marvelled at the superstition that made this a burden ... . At a quarter before six a trumpet blew , and presently the tall windows of the hall across the court from him began to kindle . That was for her Grace 's supper to be served . At five minutes to six another trumpet sounded , and M. Landet , the Queen 's butler , hurried out with his white rod to take his place for the entrance of the dishes . Finally , through the ground-floor window at the foot of the Queen 's stair , the man caught a glimpse of moving figures passing towards the hall .