Victor Hugo 1872 · Guernsey
Cold wash, egg & coffee
Dawn · Estimated placement
Estimated by typical tue. 06:00 is an illustrative dawn placement, not a measured sunrise.Source timing: Dawn, before writing.
“He rose at dawn, poured a pitcher of cold water down his back, swallowed a raw egg, drank some coffee”
Verbatim excerpt · Alice Hugo (Madame Lockroy), interviewed by Stuart Oliver Henry
Line breaks and page markers omitted.
French Essays and Profiles
1921 · chapter “Jeanne Hugo”
Printed p. 279 · Madame Lockroy’s recollection of Hauteville House
Passage: p. 279 · paragraph beginning “He rose at dawn”
Timing & context
No fixed waking hour or preparation duration is supplied.
Alice Hugo recalls repeated household habits. Dawn varies with the season, so early positions are estimates. Noon and the 17:00–19:00 walk are explicit; this account is not combined with other timetables.
1872 is an editorial representative year from Hugo’s return to Guernsey, when Alice and his grandchildren stayed with him. Her recollection does not date the routine to a specific year.
Maisons de Victor Hugo · chronology and Guernsey returns ↗