half after midnight
Jim Strain was a close friend of his brother 's , and anyway he considered it bad form to sneer at people for not having money . But Bernice had had no intention of sneering . She was merely nervous . When Marjorie and Bernice reached home at half after midnight they said good night at the top of the stairs . Though cousins , they were not intimates . As a matter of fact Marjorie had no female intimates -- she considered girls stupid . Bernice on the contrary all through this parent-arranged visit had rather longed to exchange those confidences flavored with giggles and tears that she considered an indispensable factor in all feminine intercourse .