two o’clock in the
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At last , however , when Ash-Wednesday was half over , there was a quiet movement , and a small pale man in black was at the bedside , without Philip 's having ever seen his entrance . He looked at his exhausted patient , and said , ` It is well ; I could not have done you any good before . ' And when he had set Berenger more at ease , he told how great had been the confusion at St. Germain when the plot had become known to the Queen-mother . The poor King had been wakened at two o'clock in the morning , and carried to his litter , when Pare and his old nurse had tended him . He only said , ` Can they not let me die in peace ? ' and his weakness had been so great on arriving , that the surgeon could hardly have left him for M. de Ribaumont , save by his own desire . ` Yes , sir , ' added Pare , seeing Berenger attending to him , ` we must have you well quickly ; his Majesty knows all about you , and is anxious to see you . '