9 o'clock in the evening
I guess if you want folks to notice you in New York you must dress up like they do . '' So Haylocks went shopping in the bazaars where men spake through their noses and rubbed their hands and ran the tape line ecstatically over the bulge in his inside pocket where reposed a red nubbin of corn with an even number of rows . And messengers bearing parcels and boxes streamed to his hotel on Broadway within the lights of Long Acre . At 9 o'clock in the evening one descended to the sidewalk whom Ulster County would have foresworn . Bright tan were his shoes ; his hat the latest block . His light gray trousers were deeply creased ; a gay blue silk handkerchief flapped from the breast pocket of his elegant English walking coat . His collar might have graced a laundry window ; his blond hair was trimmed close ; the wisp of hay was gone .