noon
`` By your leave , O sheik , I will see the fair Egyptian . '' Ilderim laughed , and said , `` Shall not a man enjoy his youth ? '' Then Ben-Hur answered the messenger . `` Say to her who sent you that I , Ben-Hur , will see her at the palace of Idernee , wherever that may be , to-morrow at noon . '' The lad arose , and , with silent salute , departed . At midnight Ilderim took the road , having arranged to leave a horse and a guide for Ben-Hur , who was to follow him . Going next day to fill his appointment with Iras , Ben-Hur turned from the Omphalus , which was in the heart of the city , into the Colonnade of Herod , and came shortly to the palace of Idernee .