Even so, there are reports of Napoleon taking a great interest in that garden. On one occasion, some visitors arrived while he was watering some new flower beds that had been put in. Clearly, it was something that he derived enormous enjoyment from. When he renovated the palace at Fontainebleau, he specifically asked for a spiral staircase to be put in that would connect his library to his private garden so that he could go into it in the middle of the night, if he wanted to.