six o'clock
And so the Catholics with their priest stood a moment in that deafening tumult of revilings , before the officer gave the word to advance . Then the procession set forward through the archway ; the crowd pressing back before them , like the recoil of a wave , and surging after them again in the wake . High over the heads of all moved the steel halberds , shining like grim emblems of power ; the torches tossed up and down and threw monstrous stalking shadows on the walls as they passed ; the steel caps edged the procession like an impenetrable hedge ; and last moved the crimson-clad priest , as if in some church function , but with a bristling barrier about him ; then came the mob , pouring along the narrow passages , jostling , cursing , reviling , swelled every moment by new arrivals dashing down the alleys and courts that gave on the thoroughfare ; and so with tramp and ring of steel the pageant went forward on its way of sorrows . * * * * Before six o'clock Newman 's Court was empty again , except for one armed figure that stood before the shattered door of No. 3 to guard it . Inside the house was dark again except in one room high up where the altar had stood . Here the thick curtains against the glass had been torn down , and the window was illuminated ; every now and again the shadows on the ceiling stirred a little as if the candle was being moved ; and once the window opened and a pale smooth face looked out for a moment , and then withdrew again . Then the light disappeared altogether ; and presently shone out in another room on the same floor ; then again after an half an hour or so it was darkened ; and again reappeared on the floor below .