two o'clock
I have had mine , otherwise I should not be Colonel of the Tenth . I must not grudge you yours . Forwards , my boy , and may it be the first step towards changing your busby for a cocked hat . ' It was but two o'clock , so he left me , promising to come back and to accompany me to the palace . My faith , what a time I passed , and how many conjectures did I make as to what it was that the Emperor could want of me ! I paced up and down my little room in a fever of anticipation . Sometimes I thought that perhaps he had heard of the guns which we had taken at Austerlitz ; but , then , there were so many who had taken guns at Austerlitz , and two years had passed since the battle .