two before eleven
I dressed my hair neatly , in a very tight coil . I ate a light breakfast , eschewing the fried sausages which the Blighted Fraus pressed upon my notice , and satisfying myself with a gently-boiled egg and some toast and coffee . I always found I rowed best at Cambridge on the lightest diet ; in my opinion , the raw beef _ régime _ is a serious error in training . At a minute or two before eleven I turned up at the Schiller Platz in my short serge dress and cycling jacket . The great square was thronged with spectators to see us start ; the police made a lane through their midst for the riders . My backer had advised me to come to the post as late as possible , ` For I have entered your name , ' he said , ` simply as Lois Cayley . These Deutschers do n't think but what you 're a man and a brother .