one o'clock
`` Do you know that it is beginning to rain ? '' he said , holding his umbrella over her head . `` 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 ? ''