about eleven o'clock
He brought with him Roquelaure , de Vic , Erard the engineer , and some others , but none whom he did not know that I should be glad to receive . He dined well , and after dinner amused himself with seeing the young men ride at the ring , and even rode a course himself with his usual skill ; that being , if I remember rightly , the last occasion on which I ever saw him take a lance . Before supper he walked for a time in the hall , with Sillery , for whom he had sent ; and after supper , pronouncing himself tired , he dismissed all , and retired with me to his chamber . Here we had some talk on a subject that I greatly dreaded -- I mean his infatuation for Madame de Conde ; but about eleven o'clock he yawned , and , after thanking me for a reception which he said was quite to his mind , he bade me go to bed . I was half way to the door when he called me back . `` Why , Grand Master , '' he said , pointing to the little table by the head of the bed on which his night drinks stood , `` you might be going to drown me . Do you expect me to drink all these in the night ? ''