two o'clock
Yet he proved a poor prophet . By quarter of two nearly every one of the more than twenty thousand seats for spectators had been filled . Five minutes after that not a seat could be had , even by squeezing . Just before two o'clock ten thousand more spectators had crowded in , standing wherever they could find the space . Outside the crowd still pressed . Thousands simply had to be turned away . Every officer present now wore a quiet smile that hid his delight under an orderly appearance .