noon
Early the next morning the young Englishmen mounted their horses , and took the road towards Baiae . Glyndon left word at his hotel , that if Signor Zanoni sought him , it was in the neighbourhood of that once celebrated watering-place of the ancients that he should be found . They passed by Viola 's house , but Glyndon resisted the temptation of pausing there ; and after threading the grotto of Posilipo , they wound by a circuitous route back into the suburbs of the city , and took the opposite road , which conducts to Portici and Pompeii . It was late at noon when they arrived at the former of these places . Here they halted to dine ; for Mervale had heard much of the excellence of the macaroni at Portici , and Mervale was a bon vivant . They put up at an inn of very humble pretensions , and dined under an awning . Mervale was more than usually gay ; he pressed the lacrima upon his friend , and conversed gayly .