ten in the morning
bring us ` The Beaver ' some other customers , whose curiosity was excited by these obstinate demands , also asked for ` The Beaver . ' So ` The Beaver ' was subscribed to -- a hatter 's journal , which appeared every month , ornamented with a vignette and an article on ` The Philosophy of Hats and other things in general , ' by Gustave Colline . '' `` Secondly . The aforesaid Monsieur Colline , and his friend Monsieur Rodolphe , repose themselves from their intellectual labors by playing backgammon from ten in the morning till midnight and as the establishment possess but one backgammon board , they monopolize that , to the detriment of the other amateurs of the game ; and when asked for the board , they only answer , ` Some one is reading it , call tomorrow . ' Thus the Bosquet party find themselves reduced to playing piquet , or talking about their old love affairs . '' `` Thirdly . Monsieur Marcel , forgetting that a cafe is a public place , brings thither his easel , box of colors , and , in short , all the instruments of his art .