about ten o'clock
When she first rose in the morning , I attended her to the brow of a hill just without the palisades , where with devout but mistaken piety she adored the rising sun -- at least it appeared to me that she did so . She then went down to the river to bathe , and as soon as her hair was dry she had it dressed . This office , after a short time , devolved upon me , and I became very expert , having to rub her hair with a sweet oil , and then roll it up in its natural curls with a quill , so as to dispose them to the most fanciful advantage as to form . After her toilet was complete , she went to feed her poultry , and some antelopes and other beasts , and then she practised at a mark with her bow and arrows and javelin till about ten o'clock , when she went to the king 's hut , and they all sat down to eat together . After the repast , which lasted some time , if she did not repose with the king , she retired to her own hut , where she usually refreshed herself till about four o'clock , when she returned to the king , or ranged the woods , or otherwise amused herself during the rest of the evening . I will say for the old savage that he did not confine his wives . Such was our general course of life , and wherever she went I attended her .