four-o-clocks

Updated: August 17, 2026

As Gorringe seemed to be the only one who had observed the overclouding of the sky, so she seemed to be the only one to think it mattered much. But one by one, like some species of enormous black 'four-o-clocks, umbrellas blossomed above the undergrowth at the foot of the monument. The lady of the purple plumes had long vanished.

Elizabeth Robins - The Convert