midday
`` I am honored , your Highness , by the opportunity you give me . I shall wait upon the Empress to-morrow at whatever hour it is convenient for her Majesty to receive me . '' `` You are most kind . I suggested that she should name an hour , and midday was chosen . '' The Archbishop bowed profoundly . The young man rose , and held out his hand , which the Archbishop took with cordiality . The Prince looked very straight-forwardly at his host , and the latter thought he detected a twinkle in his eye , as he said with decision : `` To-morrow I shall formally notify my Lord of Mayence that the Empress has chosen your Palace as her place of residence until after the coronation , and I shall request his Lordship to crave your permission that I may call here every day to see my mother . ''