four o'clock in the afternoon
Dalrymple laughed , put on his hat and went off , leaving Sora Nanna to find Gigetto and give the necessary directions . GIGETTO had refused to accompany Annetta and her party to the fair at Civitella San Sisto . He had been to Rome several times , and was far too fine a young gentleman to divert himself in such a very primitive place . He preferred to spend his leisure hours , which were very many , in elegant idleness , according to his lights , between the tobacconist 's , the chemist 's shop , which was the resort of all the superior men of the place after four o'clock in the afternoon , and the abundant , though not very refined table which was spread twice daily in his father 's house . Civitella wine , Civitella fireworks , and especially Civitella girls , were quite beneath his notice . As for Annetta , he looked upon her with something like contempt , though he had a high respect for the fortune which must one day be hers . She was to be a necessary encumbrance of his future life , and for the present he meant to see as little of her as was conveniently possible without relinquishing his claims to her hand .