four o'clock
Twining round a pole in the middle was a feather boa . Ranged like the heads of malefactors on Temple Bar were hats -- emerald and white , lightly wreathed or drooping beneath deep-dyed feathers . And on the carpet were her feet -- pointed gold , or patent leather slashed with scarlet . Feasted upon by the eyes of women , the clothes by four o'clock were flyblown like sugar cakes in a baker 's window . Fanny eyed them too . But coming along Gerrard Street was a tall man in a shabby coat . A shadow fell across Evelina 's window -- Jacob 's shadow , though it was not Jacob .