midnight
` But did no woman make you happy , Mr. Harding ? ' asked Lilian , and she fixed her round , prominent eyes upon him . ` The woman who gives most happiness gives most pain . The man who leaves an adoring mistress at midnight suffers most . A few minutes of distracted happiness as he drives home . He falls asleep thanking God that he will see her at midday . But he awakes dreading a letter putting him off .