nearly four o'clock
`` We must go in there and wait until it pauses . '' It was one o'clock , and the refreshment rooms had just opened . Fan was conducted into the glittering dining-saloon , and was persuaded to join her companion in a rather sumptuous luncheon , and to drink a glass of champagne . Occasional showers prevented them leaving for some time , and it was nearly four o'clock when they finally left the Gardens , Fan again staring curiously round her . `` Mr. Eden , '' she asked , pointing to a large , blue , cow-like creature , with goat 's horns and a hump , `` will you tell me what that animal is ? '' `` I am not sure quite that I can , '' he replied with a slight laugh . `` Its name is as outlandish as itself -- gnu , or yak , or perhaps Jamrach . ''