half past seven
She was promising March to go with him in the morning to see the Emperor and Empress of Germany arrive at the station , and he was warning her that if she laughed there , like that , she would subject him to fine and imprisonment . She pretended that she would like to see him led off between two gendarmes , but consented to be a little careful when he asked her how she expected to get back to her hotel without him , if such a thing happened . After all , Miss Triscoe did not go with March ; she preferred to sleep . The imperial party was to arrive at half past seven , but at six the crowd was already dense before the station , and all along the street leading to the Residenz . It was a brilliant day , with the promise of sunshine , through which a chilly wind blew , for the manoeuvres . The colors of all the German states flapped in this breeze from the poles wreathed with evergreen which encircled the square ; the workmen putting the last touches on the bronzed allegory hurried madly to be done , and they had , scarcely finished their labors when two troops of dragoons rode into the place and formed before the station , and waited as motionlessly as their horses would allow . These animals were not so conscious as lions at the approach of princes ; they tossed and stamped impatiently in the long interval before the Regent and his daughter-in-law came to welcome their guests .