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noon
The pursuers came back empty-handed ; they had not come upon the faintest trace , nor could they hear of any suspicious character having been seen in the neighborhood . Guy betrayed no impatience when he heard this ; but he went out himself with some of the best men , and spent the rest of the night and all the following morning on the quest . All to no purpose . He returned about noon , with his companions quite fagged out ; but fatigue and sleeplessness seemed to have no grasp upon his frame . Isabel was up , and had been asking for him several times . When he saw her , she offered no opposition to his wish to go on straight to Rome the next day . Neither then nor at any future time did she ever ask for any particulars of her husband 's death .