midnight
I shall never see her again . Close the door , draw the bolt , that she can not come in , I -- I shall die ! '' And the queen uttered a loud cry , and sank in a swoon . At midnight two well-packed carriages drove out of the inner courts of the palace . They were the Polignacs ; they were leaving France , to take refuge in Switzerland . In the first carriage was the Duchess de Polignac , with her husband and her daughter . She held two letters in her hand .