ten o'clock
The Governor was in a towering rage , and the stranger had departed upon another errand as singular as that which had brought him to the Chateau . These and other more fantastic rumors flew from mouth to mouth and from one end of the city to the other . It is wonderful how near the truth of things above them the ignorant crowd can come , and how powerful is the instinct of great events in vulgar minds . By ten o'clock Quebec was in an uproar , and Cathedral-square was full of people . Facing the Square from the east was the barracks . But no signs of commotion were visible there . Two sentries walked up and down their long beats as quietly as if on parade .