five
o’clock in the afternoon
-LRB- In the Garden of the Chapelle Expiatoire -RRB- They were to have met in the garden of the Chapelle Expiatoire at five o'clock in the afternoon , but Julio Desnoyers with the impatience of a lover who hopes to advance the moment of meeting by presenting himself before the appointed time , arrived an half hour earlier . The change of the seasons was at this time greatly confused in his mind , and evidently demanded some readjustment . Five months had passed since their last interview in this square had afforded the wandering lovers the refuge of a damp , depressing calmness near a boulevard of continual movement close to a great railroad station . The hour of the appointment was always five and Julio was accustomed to see his beloved approaching by the reflection of the recently lit street lamps , her figure enveloped in furs , and holding her muff before her face as if it were a half-mask .