noon
When the leech had retired , Barbara regretted that she had answered him so indifferently . But the anticipation of seeing her imperial lover again dominated every thought and feeling . Besides , she again and again saw before her the figure of the young duke , whom she had never beheld , but whom Charles had married to the daughter of that Johanna who was said to have been neither more beautiful nor more aristocratic than she herself . Frau Traut saw compassionately that she could not remain long quietly in any place , and that when the noon meal was served she scarcely tasted food . As soon as the first blast of the horns rose from the gate of the citadel she urged departure like an impatient child , and her indulgent companion yielded , though she knew that the stately ceremonial would not begin for a long time . The window which Adrian had assigned to the two women in a room which was to be occupied by them alone afforded a view of the entire courtyard , and from the arm-chair which Frau Traut had had brought for her Barbara gazed down into it with strained attention . The first sound of the horns had saluted Ottavio Farnese .