nine in the morning
She put her handkerchief to her eyes and walked to the window where Madame de Fiesque brought her a seat . Thence she could see into the courtyard . It had been agreed between Catherine and the Cardinal de Tournon that if the Connetable should successfully enter the town the cardinal would come to the king 's house with the two Gondis ; if otherwise , he would come alone . At nine in the morning the duke and cardinal , followed by their gentlemen , who remained in the hall , entered the king 's bedroom , -- the captain on duty having informed them that Ambroise Pare had arrived , together with Chapelain and three other physicians , who hated Pare and were all in the queen-mother 's interests . A few moments later and the great hall of the Bailliage presented much the same aspect as that of the Salle des gardes at Blois on the day when Christophe was put to the torture and the Duc de Guise was proclaimed lieutenant-governor of the kingdom , -- with the single exception that whereas love and joy overflowed the royal chamber and the Guises triumphed , death and mourning now reigned within that darkened room , and the Guises felt that power was slipping through their fingers . The maids of honor of the two queens were again in their separate camps on either side of the fireplace , in which glowed a monstrous fire . The hall was filled with courtiers .