noon
After some hours travelling they arrived at a small town , where they procured the accommodation so necessary to their support and repose . Here their guides quitted them to continue their search . They arose with the dawn , and continued their journey , continually terrified with the apprehension of encountering the duke 's people . At noon they arrived at Azulia , from whence the monastery , or abbey of St Augustin , was distant only a few miles . Madame wrote to the _ Padre Abate _ , to whom she was somewhat related , and soon after received an answer very favourable to her wishes . The same evening they repaired to the abbey ; where Julia , once more relieved from the fear of pursuit , offered up a prayer of gratitude to heaven , and endeavoured to calm her sorrows by devotion . She was received by the abbot with a sort of paternal affection , and by the nuns with officious kindness .