two o'clock
His tall figure , lithe build , lofty and impressive carriage , and brusque movements , were all in a certain harmony with the costume of the olden time . He appeared strange , and that was all . To keep his courage up , he dropped into a restaurant , ate four cutlets , a loaf of bread , a slice of cheese , and washed it all down with two bottles of wine . The coffee and supplements brought him up to two o'clock , and that was the time he had set for himself . He tipped his hat slightly over one ear , buttoned his buckskin gloves , coughed energetically two or three times before the sentinel at the _ Rue de Rivoli _ , and marched bravely into the gate . `` Monsieur , '' cried the porter , `` what do you want ? '' `` The Emperor ! ''