ten o'clock
But I could not remember which were trumps , and I threw them under the table in despair . Then I drew my sabre and practised giving point until I was weary , but it was all of no use at all . My mind _ would _ work , in spite of myself . At ten o'clock I was to meet the Emperor in the forest . Of all extraordinary combinations of events in the whole world , surely this was the last which would have occurred to me when I rose from my couch that morning . But the responsibility -- the dreadful responsibility ! It was all upon my shoulders .