Everything had been said.

They, too, were going to remain in Salerno in order to take a carriage-trip along the gulf.

They were going to Amalfi and would pass the night on the Alpine peak of Ravello, a medieval city where Wagner had passed the last months of his life, before dying in Venice.

Then, passing over to the Gulf of Naples, they would rest in Sorrento and perhaps might go to the island of Capri.
Ulysses wished to say that his line of march was exactly the same, but he was afraid of the doctor.

Furthermore, their trip was to be in a vehicle which they had already rented and they would not offer him a seat.
Freya appeared to surmise his sadness and wished to console him.
"It is a short trip.