midnight
Mrs. Tarbury said frankly . `` Why 'n' t you go somewhere where there 's something doing ? '' `` My sporting days are over , Min , '' George said with mournful satisfaction . `` No more midnight suppers in mine ! '' `` Nor mine , either . I guess I 'm old enough to settle down , '' Emeline added cheerfully . She and Mrs. Tarbury exchanged a look , and Julia knew exactly what concessions her mother had made before the reconciliation ; knew just how sincere this unworldly wifely devotion was .