midnight
Then , `` Alexander Burgee , '' she declared , `` every bit of this is your fault . If I had n't escaped from that man and jumped in the pool -- well , I do n't know _ what _ might 've happened . The least you can do is carry me back to your house . '' * * * * * At midnight , Charles and Betty sat in the living room . They had n't had time to get used to the change in Cousin Aurelia and they still looked at her unbelievingly . She was wearing a gay housecoat of Betty 's , too tight in just the right places . She had let down her hair , tied it with a ribbon , and she 'd put on a gay smear of lipstick .