about five in the afternoon
And there I paced hour after hour , without food , listening . From the courtyard came the noise of the grooms chattering and splashing : but from the left wing , where lay my Master 's rooms , no sound at all . Twice I stole out along the corridors and hung about the stair head : but could hear nothing , and crept back in fear to be caught eavesdropping . It was about five in the afternoon -LRB- I think -RRB- , all was still in the courtyard , when I heard the click of a latch and , running to the window , saw the porter closing his wicket gate . A minute later , on a rise beyond the wall , I spied the Moor . His back was towards the castle and he was walking rapidly towards Market Jew : and after him padded my lady 's hound . I hurried along the passages and knocked at my Master 's door .