midnight
Lady Garnett responded for her a little flippantly . `` Oh , Mary went nowhere this morning , Mr. Sylvester -- not even to the church parade . We were very late last night , at Lady Dulminster 's . London grows later and later ; we shall be dining at midnight soon . '' `` I should like to go to the Temple Church sometimes , '' said Mary , `` because of the singing , only it is so very far . '' Charles Sylvester bent forward with bland satisfaction ; he had it so obviously on the tip of his tongue that he would be charmed to be her escort , that the girl hastened to interrupt him . `` You were not at Lady Dulminster 's , Mr. Sylvester ?