midnight
She had attained tall and exceedingly supine proportions , wore pinks and blues and an invariable necklace of pink paste pearls to fine advantage , and a fuzz of yellow bangs that fell down over her eyes , only to be repeatedly flung back again . Again MRS. BECKER -LRB- who could be caustic -RRB- : `` She makes me so nervous , with her hair down over her eyes like a poodle dog , that I could scream . '' Nevertheless , at eighteen Flora 's neat spiritous air lay calm as a wimple over her keenly motivated little self . The same apparently guileless exterior that had concealed her struggle along a road lit with midnight oil toward her graduation , enveloped the campaign of strategy and minutiae that had resulted victoriously in her engagement to Vincent Bankhead , assistant credit man to his father . Albert Penny at this time was second-assistant buyer for Slocum-Hines , and , at the instance of his friend Vincent , somewhat reluctantly present . `` Al , what are you doing to-night ? '' `` Oh , about the same old thing !