about twelve o'clock
Now , all was to be changed . The Boy and I did not regard ourselves as tourists , but as pilgrims . Among other things that self-respecting pilgrims can not do , is to ascend a mountain by means of a funicular railway ; better stay at the bottom , and look up with reverence . Therefore , instead of strolling out to the little station about twelve o'clock , with the view of reaching the restaurant on the plateau in time for _ déjeuner _ , we met on the balcony of the Bristol at seven in the morning . There we fortified ourselves for a long walk , with eggs and _ café au lait _ , while Innocentina and Joseph grouped the animals at the foot of the steps . The day was divinely young , and most divinely fair , when we set forth . Only the soft fall of an occasional leaf , weary of keeping up appearances on no visible means of support , told that autumn had come .