three o'clock
Go down at once and arrange for our passage , and be careful to let no one know by what route I leave Naples . On your way call at the telegraph office and see that this despatch is forwarded promptly ; and do send me a close carriage immediately . I wish to avoid an unpleasant engagement , and shall drive to Torre del Greco , returning in time to meet you at the steamer instead of at this house . See that the baggage leaves here only time enough to be put aboard by three o'clock , and I shall not fail to join you there . When General Laurance calls , Mrs. Waul will instruct the servant to hand him the note , with the information that I have gone for a farewell drive around Naples . '' Hurriedly completing her preparations , she entered the carriage , and was soon borne along the incomparably beautiful road that skirts the graceful curves of the Bay of Naples . But the glory of the sky , and the legendary charms of the picturesque scenery that surrounded her , appealed in vain to senses that were wrapped in the light of other days , that listened only to the new canticle which hope long dumb was now singing through all the sunny chambers of her heart .