Colbert, I perceive it is getting very late, and I shall now retire to bed.

By to-morrow morning I shall have made up my mind." "Very good, sire," returned Colbert, greatly incensed, although he restrained himself in the presence of the king.
The king made a gesture of adieu, and Colbert withdrew with a respectful bow.

"My attendants!" cried the king; and, as they entered the apartment, Philippe was about to quit his post of observation.
"A moment longer," said Aramis to him, with his accustomed gentleness of manner; "what has just now taken place is only a detail, and to-morrow we shall have no occasion to think anything more about it; but the ceremony of the king's retiring to rest, the etiquette observed in addressing the king, that indeed is of the greatest importance.

Learn, sire, and study well how you ought to go to bed of a night.

Look! look!".