two o’clock
Let us go into the palace . Here not only does our monarch reside , but -LRB- an arrangement which I much admire -RRB- here are deposited , in a gallery worthy of the treasures it contains , our superb collection of pictures . They are the private property of his Royal Highness ; but , as is usually the case under despotic Princes , the people , equally his property , are flattered by the collection being styled the ` Public Gallery . ''' The hour of the court dinner at Reisenburg was two o'clock , about which time , in England , a man first remembers the fatal necessity of shaving ; though , by-the-bye , this allusion is not a very happy one , for in this country shaving is a ceremony at present somewhat obsolete . At two o'clock , however , our hero , accompanying the Grand Marshal and Mr. Sievers , reached the palace . In the saloon were assembled various guests , chiefly attached to the Court . Immediately after the arrival of our party , the Grand Duke and Madame Carolina , followed by their chamberlains and ladies in waiting , entered .