nearly ten o’clock
`` I will explain all this clamorous affair to you , '' answered Cinq-Mars , somewhat embarrassed . `` At present , if you love me , dress yourself to accompany me to the Queen 's toilette . '' `` I promised you blind adherence , '' said the counsellor ; `` but truly I can not keep my eyes shut much longer if -- '' `` Once again , I will give you a full explanation as we return from the Queen . But make haste ; it is nearly ten o'clock . '' `` Well , I will go with you , '' replied De Thou , conducting him into his cabinet , where were the Comte du Lude and Fournier , while he himself passed into his dressing-room . The carriage of the Grand Equerry was rolling rapidly toward the Louvre , when , closing the curtain , he took his friend 's hand , and said to him with emotion : `` Dear De Thou , I have kept great secrets in my heart , and , believe me , they have weighed heavily there ; but two fears impelled me to silence -- that of your danger , and -- shall I say it ? -- that of your counsels . ''