ten o'clock
That night when Evelina undressed she took a jonquil from the vase and pressed it with a certain ostentation between the leaves of her prayer-book . Ann Eliza , covertly observing her , felt that Evelina was not sorry to be observed , and that her own acute consciousness of the act was somehow regarded as magnifying its significance . The following Sunday broke blue and warm . The Bunner sisters were habitual church-goers , but for once they left their prayer-books on the what-not , and ten o'clock found them , gloved and bonneted , awaiting Miss Mellins 's knock . Miss Mellins presently appeared in a glitter of jet sequins and spangles , with a tale of having seen a strange man prowling under her windows till he was called off at dawn by a confederate 's whistle ; and shortly afterward came Mr. Ramy , his hair brushed with more than usual care , his broad hands encased in gloves of olive-green kid . The little party set out for the nearest street-car , and a flutter of mingled gratification and embarrassment stirred Ann Eliza 's bosom when it was found that Mr. Ramy intended to pay their fares . Nor did he fail to live up to this opening liberality ; for after guiding them through the Mall and the Ramble he led the way to a rustic restaurant where , also at his expense , they fared idyllically on milk and lemon-pie .