five in the morning
Then I had none of the sweet uses of domestic life -- the hearth in common , and the heart too ; the nuptial sacraments of kiss and embrace , the united outlook , the rational hope of increase . We forgot the world , which had forgotten us ; our appetites were simple and easily satisfied ; we fed each other and knew deep content . Happy , happy days at Lucca , too soon ended ! We shared the uses of a single room with a couple as young and newly wedded as ourselves , rose at five in the morning , and worked at our employment until late in the evening . We ate frugally , drank a little wine and water , loved temperately , and slept profoundly . On Sundays and festivals we went to Mass together , and spent our leisure in excursions in the fields and pleasant groves with which Lucca is engirdled . We never ventured outside the territory of the Republic , but felt secure within it , trusting to our honest intentions , our simplicity and complete insignificance .