about six o’clock
... My presentiments have never deceived me . There is not a man in the world over whom the past has acquired such a power as over me . Every recollection of bygone grief or joy strikes my soul with morbid effect , and draws forth ever the same sounds ... I am stupidly constituted : I forget nothing -- nothing ! After dinner , about six o'clock , I went on to the boulevard . It was crowded . The two princesses were sitting on a bench , surrounded by young men , who were vying with each other in paying them attention . I took up my position on another bench at a little distance off , stopped two Dragoon officers whom I knew , and proceeded to tell them something .