Quite alone, therefore, he entered the rooms, a door on the left opening to Madame's apartment, the one on the right to the young queen's.

In his wife's apartment, Monsieur was informed, by a sempstress who was working there, that every one had left at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of bathing in the Seine, that a grand _fete_ was to be made of the expedition, that all the carriages had been placed at the park gates, and that they had all set out more than an hour ago.
"Very good," said Monsieur, "the idea is a good one; the heat is very oppressive, and I have no objection to bathe, too." He summoned his servants, but no one came.

He summoned those in attendance on Madame, but everybody had gone out.

He went to the stables, where he was informed by a groom that there were no carriages of any description.

He desired that a couple of horses should be saddled, one for himself and the other for his valet.