nine until one
They will , indeed , be set upon his tombstone by his widow . And have I , I wonder , given the due impression of how his life was portioned and his time laid out ? Because , until the very last , the amount of time taken up by his various passions was relatively small . I have been forced to write very much about his passions , but you have to consider -- I should like to be able to make you consider -- that he rose every morning at seven , took a cold bath , breakfasted at eight , was occupied with his regiment from nine until one ; played polo or cricket with the men when it was the season for cricket , till tea-time . Afterwards he would occupy himself with the letters from his land - steward or with the affairs of his mess , till dinner-time . He would dine and pass the evening playing cards , or playing billiards with Leonora or at social functions of one kind or another . And the greater part of his life was taken up by that -- by far the greater part of his life .