midnight
Judson was going her way , and she chose the lesser of two -- pleasures , we 'll say . Just before the party broke up , Judson was called out . He had asked Lettie for her company , and he shoved her over to my tender mercies . '' `` And you went strolling up on Cliff Street in the moonlight with her till after midnight . Is that fair to Marjie ? '' I had never heard his voice sound so like resonant iron before . `` I , strolling ?