noon
He smiled but did not answer , and returned the coin to his pocket . And now the happening that is to be related is to be found elsewhere , for it is a matter of which many men have written in different ways , according to their feelings or to the hand that hired them to the writing . Soon after dawn Galeotto quitted us , each of us instructed how to act . Later in the morning , as I was on my way to the castle , where we were to assemble at noon , I saw Galeotto riding through the streets at the Duke 's side . He had been beyond the gates with Pier Luigi on an inspection of the new fortress that was building . It appeared that once more there was talk between the Duke and Galeotto of the latter 's taking service under him , and Galeotto made use of this circumstance to forward his plans . He was , I think , the most self-contained and patient man that it would have been possible to find for such an undertaking .