ten at night
`` There is one condition , Caspar ! '' said he , `` but that is a mere trifle . You are young , and would be quite happy , were it not for this love affair of yours : -- you sleep soundly , you seek and quit your bed early , and you care not for night-roving . Henceforth , lend me your body from ten at night , until two in the morning , and I promise that Caroline de Werner shall be yours . Here she is ! '' continued he , as he opened his snuff box , and showed the lid to Caspar , `` here she is ! '' And sure enough , there she was on the inside of the lid , apparently reading to the gouty old colonel , as he sat in his easy chair in the petit salon of Beau-Sejour .