nearly two o’clock
`` Gentlemen , '' said the prince , `` I shall never forget the names of the thirty gentlemen who first judged me worthy to reign over them ; and now adieu , and may God have you in His holy keeping . '' The Duc de Mayenne led away the new king , while the other two brothers exchanged an ironical smile . When the Duc d'Anjou was gone , and had been followed by all the others , the three Guises entered the vestry . Chicot , thinking of course this was the end , got up to stretch his limbs , and then , as it was nearly two o'clock , once more disposed himself to sleep . But to his great astonishment , the three brothers almost immediately came back again , only this time without their frocks . On seeing them appear , the lad burst into so hearty a fit of laughing , that Chicot could hardly help laughing also . `` Do not laugh so loud , sister , '' said the Duc de Mayenne , `` they are hardly gone out , and might hear you . ''