about noon
She considered her cause to be so clamantly just that to expatiate to the Holy Father upon its merits would be an impertinence ; it was not conceivable that He would fail her ; and in any event , she had in hand a deal of sewing which required immediate attention . Accordingly she settled down to her needlework , while the Regent of England leaned his head against her knee , and his mother told him that ageless tale of Lord Huon , who in a wood near Babylon encountered the King of Faëry , and subsequently bereaved an atrocious Emir of his beard and daughter . All this the industrious woman narrated in a low and pleasant voice , while the wide-eyed Regent attended and at the proper intervals gulped his cough-mixture . You must know that about noon Master John Copeland came into the tent . `` We have conquered , '' he said . `` Now , by the Face ! '' -- thus , scoffingly , he used her husband 's favorite oath , -- `` now , by the Face !