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Upon one occasion she kept the king waiting at her door all the morning , while she , having slipped through the window , was riding with some of the young people in the forest . When she returned -- through the window -- she went to the door and scolded the poor old king for keeping her waiting penned up in her room all the morning . And he apologized . She changed the dinner hour to noon in accordance with the English custom , and had a heavy supper at night , when she would make the king gorge himself with unhealthful food and coax him `` to drink as much as brother Henry , '' which invariably resulted in Louis de Valois finding lodgment under the table . This amused the whole court , except a few old cronies and physicians , who , of course , were scandalized beyond measure . She took the king on long rides with her on cold days , and would jolt him almost to death , and freeze him until the cold tears streamed down his poor pinched nose , making him feel like a half animated icicle , and wish that he were one in fact . At night she would have her balls , and keep him up till morning drinking and dancing , or trying to dance , with her , until his poor old heels , and his head , too , for that matter , were like to fall off ; then she would slip away from him and lock herself in her room .