midnight
We have both our tastes ; mine , if I were a man , would incline more to the brilliant and handsome . '' She would have added more , but at that moment Lady Peters drew aside the silken hanging . `` My dear children , '' she said , `` I should ill play my part of chaperon if I did not remind you of the hour . We have been celebrating my birthday , but my birthday is past and gone -- it is after midnight . '' Lord Arleigh looked up in wonder . `` After midnight ? Impossible !