midnight
At last the grand _ finale _ resounded with the power of all the voices ; the opera was ended . The ladies rose and with them the beautiful Countess Stein , the star of that evening ; her graceful figure appeared then in all its splendour . The King dared not look again in her direction . The court , after supper , retired before midnight . Brühl having received the King 's orders went home ; Sulkowski remained . Frosch and Horch slept in the corners . Augustus III donned _ a robe de chambre _ and smoked a pipe in his own apartment , for the smell of tobacco was forbidden in the rooms which he shared in common with the Queen .