midnight
Their entrance was distinctly strategic , for each man as he entered pointed reproachfully at the one just behind him . Sloane , bringing up the rear , disclaimed all knowledge and responsibility as soon as the others were scattered inside ; then as the irate ticket-taker rushed in he followed nonchalantly . They reassembled later by the Casino and made arrangements for the night . Kerry wormed permission from the watchman to sleep on the platform and , having collected a huge pile of rugs from the booths to serve as mattresses and blankets , they talked until midnight , and then fell into a dreamless sleep , though Amory tried hard to stay awake and watch that marvellous moon settle on the sea . So they progressed for two happy days , up and down the shore by street-car or machine , or by shoe-leather on the crowded boardwalk ; sometimes eating with the wealthy , more frequently dining frugally at the expense of an unsuspecting restaurateur . They had their photos taken , eight poses , in a quick-development store . Kerry insisted on grouping them as a `` varsity '' football team , and then as a tough gang from the East Side , with their coats inside out , and himself sitting in the middle on a cardboard moon .