midnight
`` You can tell me what to do . '' The dress she wore was of pale green , like the light seen in thin woods ; out of it shone her white shoulders , and her young face , as if rising through the verdurous light . The artists , to a man and woman , wished to paint her , and severally told her so , during the evening which lasted till morning . She was not surprised when Lord Lioncourt appeared , toward midnight , and astonished Miss Milray by claiming acquaintance with Clementina . He asked about Mrs. Lander , and whether she had got to Florence without losing the way ; he laughed but he seemed really to care . He took Clementina out to supper , when the time came ; and she would have topped him by half a head as she leaned on his arm , if she had not considerately drooped and trailed a little after him . She could not know what a triumph he was making for her ; and it was merely part of the magic of the time that Mr. Ewins should come in presently with one of the ladies .