nearly noon on Saturday
They immediately decided , as they had seen enough of Christiania , to take passage in her . The arrangement was speedily made , and they went on board , without troubling themselves to inform Clyde of what they intended to do . When the sun went down that evening the party were far down the fjord . Sanford had ascertained that the ship sailed early on Thursday morning , and the steamer on which they had taken passage could not arrive at Gottenburg till nearly noon on Saturday . It was understood that the squadron would remain but a short time at this port , and it was possible that it would have departed for Copenhagen before the steamer arrived . He hoped this would prove to be the case ; but he studied a plan by which the excursion of the party could be prolonged , if the hope should not be realized . He did not wish to return to the ship , because he thought it was pleasanter to travel without the restraints of discipline .