seven o'clock
At Payerne , we separated ourselves and a very small portion of luggage from our party , whom we promised to overtake at Lausanne in two or three days . We engaged for the trip a double _ char-a-banc _ , with two stout little horses , and a _ brave homme _ of a driver , as our courteous landlady at Payerne assured us . Passing through Yverdun , we reached Orbe by five in the afternoon , and took up our quarters at the `` Guillaume Tell , '' full of expectation for the morrow . On the 16th , we had breakfasted , and were beginning the ascent of the Jura before seven o'clock . The weather was fine , and we enjoyed a succession of interesting objects , till we reached that which was the motive of our excursion . First we had that view of the Alps which , if it were possible , it would be equally useless to describe to any who have and any who have not stood on the eastern slope of the Jura , on a clear day . Then we wound among the singular defiles of this mountain range , till we reached the valley which is commanded by Jougne .