midnight
When he saw his daughter he took her by the hand and asked where she had been . Dinner was ready , and Philippe and the ambassadors took their leave of the king and the infanta , and went to their chambers . After dinner they began to dance , and the infanta purposefully caused the dancing to continue until late at night . The king saw that it was past midnight , and he left without a word so that he would not disturb his daughter 's pleasure . And as it began to rain the infanta sent word to the king , asking him to permit Philippe to remain that night , and to sleep in the palace with her brother , the infante . The king answered that that was agreeable to him . After the king had left , the dancing ended and the infante begged Philippe to stay there that night to sleep because most of the night was already past .