midnight
Come on ! Emelene and Alys always breakfast in bed , anyway , and it will be no trouble to get Betty over . '' The two men rode home in complacent silence . It was long past midnight . They sat on the veranda to finish their cigars before going into the house . `` Penny , '' asked George suddenly , `` what has Pat Noonan got in this game -- I mean against the agitation by the women and this investigation of conditions in Kentwood ? Why should he agonize over it ? ''