noon
Was there ever greater need of a Brutus ? Between doubts and fears , the last days of Fisher 's stay in Paris were wretched beyond description . On the morning of the steamer day he had almost made up his mind to act . The train for Havre departed at noon , and at eleven o'clock the Baron Savitch made his appearance at the Hotel Splendide to bid farewell to his American friends . Fisher watched Miss Ward closely . There was a constraint in her manner which fortified his resolution . The Baron incidentally remarked that he should make it his duty and pleasure to visit America within a very few months , and that he hoped then to renew the acquaintances now interrupted .