five o'clock in the morning
Now , supposing that Bathilde , who was four years old , should marry at eighteen , the interest and the capital together would amount to something like nine or ten thousand francs . This was not much , he knew , and was much troubled by that knowledge ; but it was in vain to think , he could not make it more . To defray the expense of their living , lodgings , and clothing , for himself and Bathilde , he would again begin to give writing lessons and make copies . For this purpose he got up at five o'clock in the morning , and went to bed at ten at night . This would be all profit ; for , thanks to this new arrangement , he would lengthen his life by two or three hours daily . For some time these good resolutions prospered ; neither lessons nor copies were wanting ; and , as two years passed before Bathilde had finished the early education he himself undertook to give her , he was able to add nine hundred francs to her little treasure . At six years old Bathilde had what the daughters of the richest and noblest houses seldom have -- masters for music , drawing and dancing .