fearing thus a seventh night spent in similar agony , for something inside her told her that this final nightmare would come true she stayed up till the rising of the first moon , and then called for her maids , asking that they dress her in travel attire , alert a couple of guards for an escort and fetch three tame horses from the stables for there were many reasons why she wished her departure to go unnoticed , the most important of which was the fact that ( although she would never openly admit it , lest she be taken for a fool ) the queen was a deeply devout woman .