seven o'clock
He is fond , too , of poetry , and reads history and fiction with much delight . There is a Roman simplicity about Von Moltke 's daily life . He lives in a building which serves as the headquarters of the general staff of the army in Berlin . Promptly at seven o'clock every morning , summer and winter , he enters his study , a plain room , with a table in the centre , covered with maps , papers , and books . There he takes his coffee , at the same time smoking a cigar . He proceeds at once to work , and keeps at it till nine , when his mail is brought to him . At eleven he takes a plain breakfast , after which he again works steadily till two , when he holds a reception of officers .