midnight
Your horses vanished magically through sliding doors at one side , and your carriage at the other side , and in front of you was the entrance to the private apartments , with liveried flunkies standing in state . There were five tables at this dinner , each seating ten persons . There was a huge floral umbrella for the centrepiece , and an elaborate colour effect in flowers . During the dance , screens were put up concealing this end of the ballroom , and when they were removed sometime after midnight , the tables were found set for the supper , with an entirely new scenic effect . They danced until broad daylight ; Montague was told of parties at which the guests had adjourned in the morning to play tennis . All these people would be up by nine or ten o'clock the next day , and he would see them in the shops and at the bathing beach before noon . And this was Society 's idea of `` resting '' from the labours of the winter season !