two o'clock in the morning
First , we had extra pages of honor , thirty of them , and I had as soon have had thirty extra devils on my hands . They gave me twice the trouble that my whole battalion of Uhlans did . Then I had to arrange the entire business of the hunting -- everything , in short , outside of the castle , and Beauvais had charge of everything inside of it . I seldom got to my camp bed , next Count Saxe 's room , before two o'clock in the morning , and I was at the stables every morning by daylight . The first day 's diversion was a grand _ battue _ . The _ battue _ was a magnificent spectacle in the forest , and was not over until late in the afternoon . Then , on the return to the castle , was organized one of those wild romps which were the amusement of the court .