four o'clock
Once within the city he rode rapidly to the house of a friend . Here he learned that which set him into a fine state of excitement and profanity . The king and the Princess Emma von der Tann were to be wed that very afternoon ! It lacked but half an hour to four o'clock . Maenck grabbed his cap and dashed from the house before his astonished friend could ask a single question . He hurried straight toward the cathedral . The king had just arrived , and entered when Maenck came up , breathless .