noon
He rose at seven or eight in the morning , and immediately called one of his secretaries , preferably Bourrienne , and worked with him until ten . At ten , breakfast was announced ; Josephine , Hortense and Eugène either waited or sat down to table with the family , that is with the aides-de-camp on duty and Bourrienne . After breakfast he talked with the usual party , or the invited guests , if there were any ; one hour was devoted to this intercourse , which was generally shared by the First Consul 's two brothers , Lucien and Joseph , Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'Angely , Boulay -LRB- de la Meurthe -RRB- , Monge , Berthollet , Laplace and Arnault . Toward noon Cambacérès arrived . As a general thing Bonaparte devoted half an hour to his chancellor ; then suddenly , without warning , he would rise and say : `` Au revoir , Josephine ! au revoir , Hortense ! Come , Bourrienne , let us go to work . ''