six o’clock in the morning
Long live the little corporal ! '' shouted the soldiers jubilantly , on all sides . The emperor nodded smilingly , and galloped on to give his orders here and there , and to address the soldiers . It was six o'clock in the morning ; the Prussians were still asleep ! But now the first guns thundered ; they awakened the sleeping Prussians . Profound silence reigned in the small room ; books were to be seen everywhere on the shelves , on the tables , and on the floor ; they formed almost the only decoration of this room which contained only the most indispensable furniture . It was the room of a German SAVANT , a professor at the far-famed University of Jena .