two o'clock in the morning
Marteau had sworn to hold the château and its land in trust for the Countess , although she protested she would not hear of anything of the kind . And then he had bade her farewell . He had arrived in time to take part in the hard fighting at the close of the day , and had been busy during the early part of the night in carrying messages and resuming his duties at headquarters . At two o'clock in the morning Napoleon threw himself down on a peasant 's bed in a hut and slept until four . At that hour he awakened and summoned the officer on duty . Marteau presented himself . The Emperor , as refreshed by his two hours of sleep as if he had spent the night in a comfortable bed , addressed the young man familiarly .