about midnight
`` How about me ? '' he asked , laughing . She merely smiled . Doris came in about midnight , her coat and hat plastered with sleet , her shoes soaking . She looked rather forlornly at the bowl of hot milk and crackers which Athalie brought from the kitchenette . `` I 'd give next week 's salary for a steak , '' she said , taking the bowl and warming her chilled hands on it . `` You know what meat costs , '' said Athalie .