The first valet de chambre took down a short sword which was always laid within the railing on the King's side.

When the King slept with the Queen, this sword was brought upon the armchair appropriated to the King, and which was placed near the Queen's bed, within the gilt railing which surrounded the bed.

The first femme de chambre conducted the King to the door, bolted it again, and, leaving the Queen's chamber, did not return until the hour appointed by her Majesty the evening before.

At night the Queen went to bed before the King; the first femme de chambre remained seated at the foot of her bed until the arrival of his Majesty, in order, as in the morning, to see the King's attendants out and bolt the door after them.
The Queen awoke habitually at eight o'clock, and breakfasted at nine, frequently in bed, and sometimes after she had risen, at a table placed opposite her couch.
In order to describe the Queen's private service intelligibly, it must be recollected that service of every kind was honour, and had not any other denomination.

To do the honours of the service was to present the service to a person of superior rank, who happened to arrive at the moment it was about to be performed.