one o'clock
The little Princess had been taken by her mother to see a fox-hunt , and had been speaking of it when the priest entered the room . `` Yes , it was very interesting , my dear , '' she replied ; `` the meet was at noon near the tomb of Caecilia Metella , where a buffet had been arranged under a tent . And there was such a number of people -- the foreign colony , the young men of the embassies , and some officers , not to mention ourselves -- all the men in scarlet and a great many ladies in habits . The ` throw-off ' was at one o'clock , and the gallop lasted more than two hours and a half , so that the fox had a very long run . I was n't able to follow , but all the same I saw some extraordinary things -- a great wall which the whole hunt had to leap , and then ditches and hedges -- a mad race indeed in the rear of the hounds . There were two accidents , but nothing serious ; one gentleman , who was unseated , sprained his wrist badly , and another broke his leg . '' * * The Roman Hunt , which counts about one hundred subscribers , has flourished since 1840 .