four o'clock
This was the hour when Santerre the brewer , now commanding the National Guard of Paris , came daily , with two other officers , to examine all the apartments inhabited by the family . The king sometimes spoke to him , -- the queen never . After dinner , the king and queen played piquet or backgammon ; not because they could enjoy at present any amusement of the kind , but because they found means , while bending their heads together over the board , to say a few words unheard by the guard . At four o'clock , the ladies and children left the king , as it was his custom to sleep at this hour . At six Clery and Louis entered the apartment , and Clery gave the boy lessons in writing , and copied , at the king 's desire , passages from the works of Montesquieu and others , for the use of the Dauphin . Then Clery took Louis to his aunt 's room , where they played at ball , and battledore and shuttlecock , till Louis 's supper-time , at eight o'clock . Meanwhile the queen and the Princess Elizabeth read aloud , till eight o'clock , when they went to Louis , to sit beside him while he had his supper .