two
o’clock in the morning
The woods in the lofty ridges looked like heather ; the valley itself seemed like a garden filled with vegetables , vineyards , and green meadows . The clouds over and under one another , but the snow-covered mountains peeped forth gloriously from among them , It was a riven cloud-world which drove past , -- the wild chase with which the daylight had disguised itself . It kissed in its flight Pissevache , a waterfall by no means to be despised . In Brieg we rested some time , but at two o'clock in the morning began again our journey over the Simplon . This is the journey which I will describe to you . Otto and I sat in the coupée . Fancy us in white blouses , shawl-caps , and with green morocco slippers , for the devil may travel in slippers -- they are painful to the feet .