noon
I shall spend the day at Grenoble , and take a well-earned rest . By this time to-morrow I shall be ready to start upon my return journey . I shall have then the honour to wait upon you again , to the end that I may receive from you the charge of Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye . I shall count upon your having her here , in readiness to set out with me , by noon to-morrow . '' He bowed , with a flourish of his plumed hat , and would with that have taken his departure but that the Seneschal stayed him . `` Monsieur , monsieur , '' he cried , in piteous affright , `` you do not know the Dowager of Condillac . '' `` Why , no .