midnight
She went , without words . These were the only American observations I heard from Raymond during that fortnight . I wish he had been as successful on the night of our arrival in London when we encountered , in the court behind the big gilded grille of the Grand Metropole , the porter of that grandiose establishment . We had come together from Harwich and did not reach this hotel until half an hour before midnight . We had had our things put on the pavement and had dismissed the cab , and the porter , with an airy , tentative insolence , now reported the place full . '' _ I _ do n't know who ordered your luggage down , sir ; _ I _ did n't , '' he said with a smile that was an experiment in disrespect . Raymond looked as if he were for immediately adjusting himself to this -- though I could hardly imagine his ever having done the like in Paris or in Florence .