noon
If not , our route down to Chambéry and the hotel at which we were to stay there , had already been decided upon . He would have said to himself that there could be no mistake , and that he might trust me to find him at our destination . The Americans were not at breakfast , but later , as Joseph , Finois , and I were starting , I saw them standing at a distance in the corridor . The porter , who had brought down the miserable hold-alls , and was waiting for his tip , murmured that '' _ ces messieurs _ '' were not going to make the walking expedition to Chambéry ; the landlord had advised them that the weather was too bad , and they had decided to return by the noon train to Aix-les-Bains . I felt that I owed the young men a grudge for the Boy 's defection ; and as there had been no note or message from him , I was not in a forgiving mood . Without a second glance towards the pair , I walked away with Joseph -- alone with him for the first time in many a day . The Vanishing of the Prince `` Now to my word : It is , _ Adieu , adieu !