about five o’clock in the morning
Swabia was in luck on that day , for the two youths acquitted themselves honourably , each fighting fifteen rounds without being touched , and each inflicting a couple of very small scratches upon their enemies . ` A white day for the Swabians , ' said Greif , when he at last sat down to a sausage and a glass of beer for breakfast . His Korps had nothing more to do with the proceedings , for they had no more duels on the day 's list , and as none of them had been hurt , they prepared to watch the subsequent fights over a glass of beer , collecting themselves round Greif , Rex , and the thirsty second . It was by this time about five o'clock in the morning . The gas burned steadily overhead and the meeting of arms proceeded as regularly and quickly as any Roman show of gladiators . From time to time the Korps servants washed the blood-stained marble floor and threw down fresh sawdust for the next encounter . The surgeon and the wounded were kept out of sight behind the plants , and nothing disagreeable met the eye .