ten o’clock
`` Skip that , '' he would say when they read him the French papers ; `` _ I know what they say , because they only say what I choose . _ '' His toilet completed , Bonaparte went down to his study . We have seen above what he did there . At ten o'clock the breakfast as announced , usually by the steward , in these words : `` The general is served . '' No title , it will be observed , not even that of First Consul . The repast was a frugal one . Every morning a dish was served which Bonaparte particularly liked -- a chicken fried in oil with garlic ; the same dish that is now called on the bills of fare at restaurants `` Chicken à la Marengo . ''