nine o'clock
-- `` Very well . '' The regent and Dubois talked for some little time longer , after which Dubois took his leave . `` There is no supper this evening , '' said Dubois to the usher , `` give notice to the guests ; the regent is ill . '' That evening at nine o'clock the regent left the Palais Royal , and , contrary to his ordinary habit , slept at Versailles . The next day , about seven o'clock in the morning , at the time when the king rose , an usher entered his majesty 's room and announced that his royal highness , Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans , solicited the honor of assisting at his toilet . Louis XV. , who was not yet accustomed to decide anything for himself , turned toward Monsieur de Frejus , who was seated in the least conspicuous corner of the room , as if to ask what he should say ; and to this mute question Monsieur de Frejus not only made a sign with his head signifying that it was necessary to receive his royal highness , but rose and went himself to open the door . The regent stopped a minute on the doorstep to thank Fleury , then having assured himself by a rapid glance round the room that the Marshal de Villeroy had not yet arrived , he advanced toward the king .