a quarter to eight
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 . A minute after three women got in ; he heard the coachman call to the outriders , `` To the Palais Royal ; '' and the outriders set off at a gallop , the carriage followed , the sentinel presented arms ; and , quickly as the elegant equipage with the royal arms of France passed , the chevalier recognized the Duchesse de Berry , Madame de Mouchy , her lady of honor , and Madame de Pons , her tire-woman . There had been an important error in the report sent to the chevalier ; it was the daughter who went to the father , not the father who came to the daughter .