about noon
Do n't bring the consular dignity so low as to enter into a practical joke with a hotel porter . It wo n't do . We got into Vienna this morning at three , and drove straight to the Kaiserin Elisabeth . We had a room and fire , and breakfast about noon . Tell him who I am , and what I say . '' The consul did so , the portier slowly and respectfully shaking his head at every point . When it came to the name , he turned to his books , and shook his head yet more impressively .