four o'clock
They sprang from their couches , observing that this was the first shot , but would not be the last . They must go to the king . They did so , desiring Madame Campan to follow , and to be in waiting with the other ladies . -- At four o'clock , the queen came out of the king 's apartment , saying that she had no longer any hope whatever , as Mandat was killed . Yet the king was going out to review the squadrons who had lost their commander ; and the wife of a resolute and spirited king would not have been without hope . She would have hoped much from the king 's presence and appeal . It was because she knew the king so well that she had no hope .