ten o'clock
So good-by ! I shall see you this evening perhaps , but good-by for the present . '' They gave her a military salute , and the carriage disappeared in the Faubourg St. Antoine , while the two horsemen followed the line of the quays along the Boulevard Diderot . That person who , in springtime , between ten o'clock and midday , never has walked beside the bridle-path in the Bois de Boulogne , under the deep shade of the trees , can form no idea of the large number of equestrians that for many years have been devoted to riding along that delightful and picturesque road . To see and to be seen constitutes the principal raison d'etre of this exercise , where the riders traverse the same path going and coming , a man thus being able to meet more than once the fair one whom he seeks , or a lady to encounter several times a cavalier who interests her . On this more and more frequented road , the masculine element displayed different costumes , according to the age and tastes of each rider . The young men appeared in careless array : leggins , short coats , and small caps .