five in the morning
I watched him yesterday going over the water , and the horse he 'll ride for Trelawney is good enough to beat even the King if he 's properly piloted . '' `` You have n't kept yourself in condition , Beauty , '' growled `` Tom , '' with the chibouque in his mouth , `` else nothing could give you the go-by . It 's tempting Providence to go in for the Gilt Vase after such a December and January as you spent in Paris . Even the week you 've been in the Shires you have n't trained a bit ; you 've been waltzing or playing baccarat till five in the morning , and taking no end of sodas after to bring you right for the meet at nine . If a man will drink champagnes and burgundies as you do , and spend his time after women , I should like to know how he 's to be in hard riding condition , unless he expects a miracle . '' With which Chesterfield , who weighed fourteen stone himself , and was , therefore , out of all but welter-races , and wanted a weight-carrier of tremendous power even for them , subsided under a heap of velvet and cashmere , and Cecil laughed ; lying on a divan just under one of the gas branches , the light fell full on his handsome face , with its fair hue and its gentle languor on which there was not a single trace of the outrecuidance attributed to him . Both he and the Seraph could lead the wildest life of any men in Europe without looking one shadow more worn than the brightest beauty of the season , and could hold wassail in riotous rivalry till the sun rose , and then throw themselves into saddle as fresh as if they had been sound asleep all night ; to keep up with the pack the whole day in a fast burst or on a cold scent , or in whatever sport Fortune and the coverts gave them , till their second horses wound their way homeward through muddy , leafless lanes , when the stars had risen .