Two o'clock in the afternoon
was but of short duration . Having now recalled these facts to the mind of the reader , we shall continue our story . We have stated that Marshal Simon occupied a small house in the Rue des Trois-Freres . Two o'clock in the afternoon had just struck in the marshal 's sleeping-chamber , a room furnished with military simplicity . In the recess , in which stood the bed , hung a trophy composed of the arms used by the marshal during his campaigns . On the secretary opposite was a small bronze bust of the emperor , the only ornament of the apartment . Out of doors the temperature was far from warm , and the marshal had become susceptible to cold during his long residence in India .