ten o'clock
At least two peasants have started up claiming to be the prince who did not die in the Temple , and have been cast down again , complaining of the treatment of their dear sister ! The Count d'Artois says he would rather saw wood for a living than be king after the English fashion . I would rather be the worthless old fellow I am than be king after the Mittau fashion ; especially when his Majesty , Louis XVIII , sees you coming ! '' Purposely we entered Mittau about sunset , which was nearer ten o'clock than nine in that northern land ; coming through wheat lands to where a network of streams forms the river Aa . In this broad lap of the province of Courland sat Mittau . Yelgava it was called by the people among whom we last posted , and they pronounced the word as if naming something as great as Paris . It was already July , St. John 's day being two weeks gone ; yet the echoes of its markets and feastings lingered .