midnight
We are going to be so happy that we wo n't have time to think of anything disagreeable . '' She sighed audibly . That was all . It was past midnight when they reached Charleston . He led her , still silent and abstracted , to a cab and helped her in . He then gave the name of their hotel to the driver and got in beside her . He took her gloved hand and held it tenderly as the cab rumbled over the cobble-stones through the deserted streets .