nine o'clock
`` Yes , sire , and will be followed . '' `` Let us go , then ! '' The light horse were left in charge of the prisoners , and forbidden to address a word to them . The king got into his carriage with his naked sword by his side , and , as nine o'clock struck , they set off . M. de Mayneville was still at his window , only he was infinitely less tranquil and hopeful , for none of his soldiers had appeared , and the only sound heard along the silent black road was now and then horses ' feet on the road to Vincennes . When this occurred , Mayneville and the duchess vainly tried to see what was going on . At last Mayneville became so anxious that he sent off a man on horseback , telling him to inquire of the first body of cavaliers he met .