about noon
This place is supposed to stand on the site of Arimathea , and is marked as such in many of the maps . The monks at this time of the year are very busy , as the pilgrims all stay here for one night on their routes backwards and forwards , and the place on such occasions is terribly crowded . On the night of our visit it was nearly empty , as a caravan had left it that morning ; and thus we were indulged with separate cells , a point on which my companion seemed to lay considerable stress . On the following day , at about noon , we entered Jaffa , and put up at an inn there which is kept by a Pole . The boat from Beyrout , which touches at Jaffa on its way to Alexandria , was not yet in , nor even sighted ; we were therefore amply in time . `` Shall we sail to-night ? '' I asked of the agent .