nine o'clock
In the little turret-room , while all was silent there , Clery could catch what the crier said : and he found means to whisper it to the queen when she had heard Louis say his prayers , and when Clery put him into bed . Louis had added to his prayer one for the safety and welfare of Madame de Tourzel . He had so well learned the temper and feelings of the guards that were always about the family , that when one of them stood near enough to hear the words of his prayer , he repeated the parts in which persons were named in a whisper . At nine o'clock , Clery went down to wait at supper . 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 .