midnight
Sam was trying to fit in Edith 's visit with the rest . The Benedict was neither more moral nor less than its kind . An unwritten law kept respectable women away , but the management showed no inclination to interfere where there was no noise or disorder . Employees were supposed to see that no feminine visitors remained after midnight , that was all . `` You might go up and wait for him , '' Sam suggested . `` That is , if it 's important . '' `` It 's very important . ''