midnight
The clothes were tried on , and found to fit fairly well . In our days the short-waisted coats with their long tails , and the waistcoats extending below the waist , would be deemed laughable ; but as it was then the fashion among the middle classes , and especially the Republicans , Jean saw nothing ridiculous in it , while Leigh smiled at the figures they cut . Both had bright yellow breeches and stockings , and low shoes . They waited till midnight at Clisson , and then mounted again , and by morning they were within a mile or two of a ferry , a short distance above Nantes . They stopped at a small village , and there purchased two tricolour cockades from the one shop it boasted , these forming conspicuous objects in the window , as a proof of the warm adherence of its owner to the Convention . At the little cabaret they took breakfast , and saw that the horses were fed , then they rode on to the ferry . The boat was on the opposite side , and in half an hour it crossed .