midnight
The head waiter was already leading them to a table set for three in accordance with the order Manan had telephoned from her room . She had eliminated the possibility of discussion , and Harwood raged in his helplessness . There was no time for a scene even if he had thought it wise to precipitate one . `` It 's only a lobster , you know , '' she said , with the careless ease of a young woman quite habituated to midnight suppers . Harwood 's frown of annoyance had not escaped her ; but it only served to add to her complete joy in the situation . There were other people about , and music proceeded from a screen of palms at the end of the dining-room . Having had her way , Marian nibbled celery and addressed herself rather pointedly to Allen , unmindful of the lingering traces of Harwood 's discomfiture .