nine o'clock
He probably slept after thus losing his governess a second time : but his mother and aunt did not . They were too anxious to think of sleeping : too anxious to know what to believe , and whether , as they had been assured , they should see their companions again in the morning . In the morning , instead of the ladies , came the news that they were all removed to another prison . At nine o'clock , one of the king 's valets reappeared . He alone had been pronounced innocent of any offence , and permitted to return to his master . Clery , the Dauphin 's valet at the Tuileries , had been on the watch for an opportunity of returning to his office , after having been left behind on the dreadful 10th of August , when his life had been in the utmost danger . He now heard that the mayor was about to appoint two more servants to wait on the king and the dauphin ; and he so earnestly entreated that he might be one , that he obtained the appointment .