five o’clock
During the winter , she haunts the terrace of the Feuillants , but not the asphalt pavement that lies parallel . According to the weather , she may be seen flying in the Avenue of the Champs-Élyseés , which is bounded on the east by the Place Louis XV. , on the west by the Avenue de Marigny , to the south by the road , to the north by the gardens of the Faubourg Saint-Honoré . Never is this pretty variety of woman to be seen in the hyperborean regions of the Rue Saint-Denis , never in the Kamtschatka of miry , narrow , commercial streets , never anywhere in bad weather . These flowers of Paris , blooming only in Oriental weather , perfume the highways ; and after five o'clock fold up like morning-glory flowers . The women you will see later , looking a little like them , are would-be ladies ; while the fair Unknown , your Beatrice of a day , is a ` perfect lady . ' `` It is not very easy for a foreigner , my dear Count , to recognize the differences by which the observer emeritus distinguishes them -- women are such consummate actresses ; but they are glaring in the eyes of Parisians : hooks ill fastened , strings showing loops of rusty-white tape through a gaping slit in the back , rubbed shoe-leather , ironed bonnet-strings , an over-full skirt , an over-tight waist . You will see a certain effort in the intentional droop of the eyelid .