midnight
As the Dauphin was never to be left alone , while such guards stood about , his mother and aunt took it in turn to sit beside him ; and Clery brought up supper for whichever of them it might be . This afforded opportunity for a few more words of news , if there was any to tell . After supper the king attended his wife , sister , and daughter to the queen 's apartment , shook hands with them as he said good-night , and retired to his little study , where he read till midnight . The guard was changed at midnight ; and the king would never go to rest till he knew who was to be on guard . If it was a stranger , he would learn his name . This kept Clery up too . After he had assisted the king to undress , he lay down on his small bed , which he had placed beside that of the king , in order to be at hand in case of danger .