noon
Hope returned to Glenarvan as they approached the coast . Perhaps there might have been some slight delay , and after all they might get there before the arrival of the DUNCAN . In twenty-four hours they would reach the bay . At noon , after a comfortable meal , all the travelers installed in a mail-coach , drawn by five strong horses , left Delegete at a gallop . The postilions , stimulated by a promise of a princely DOUCEUR , drove rapidly along over a well-kept road . They did not lose a minute in changing horses , which took place every ten miles . It seemed as if they were infected with Glenarvan 's zeal .