four o'clock in the afternoon
She had received no news from him for many days . In the hope of meeting him on Ravageurs ' Island , she decided to wait there if she did not find him ; she got into a cab , and was rapidly driven to the Bridge of Asnieres , which she crossed about fifteen minutes before Mrs. Seraphin and Fleur-de-Marie , coming on foot , had arrived on the shore near the plaster-kiln . As Martial did not come to take La Louve in his boat to the island , she applied to the old fisherman named Ferot , who lived near the bridge . At four o'clock in the afternoon , a cab stopped at the entrance of a little street of Asnieres village . La Louve gave five francs to the coachman . Jumped to the ground , and ran hastily to the abode of Ferot . Having thrown off her prison dress , she wore a robe of dark green merino , a red shawl , imitation cashmere , and a lace cap trimmed with ribbons : her thick crispy hair was scarcely smoothed .