two o'clock in the afternoon
He wrapped himself in his cloak , descended the four stories , and bent his steps toward the Luxembourg , where the note which the Abbe Brigaud had brought him in the morning said that the regent was going to supper without guards . Arrived opposite the palace of the Luxembourg , the chevalier saw none of those signs which should announce that the Duc d'Orleans was at his daughter 's house : there was only one sentinel at the door , while from the moment that the regent entered a second was generally placed there . Besides , he saw no carriage waiting in the court , no footmen or outriders ; it was evident , then , that he had not come . The chevalier waited to see him pass , for , as the regent never breakfasted , and took nothing but a cup of chocolate at two o'clock in the afternoon , he rarely supped later than six o'clock ; but a quarter to six had struck at the St. Surplice at the moment when the chevalier turned the corner of the Rue de Conde , and the Rue de Vaugirard . The chevalier waited an hour and a half in the Rue de Tournon , going from the Rue du Petit-Lion to the palace , without seeing what he had come to look for . At a quarter to eight he saw some movement in the Luxembourg . A carriage , with outriders armed with torches , came to the foot of the steps .