midnight
Something about the remark which rose over the babel of voices arrested Kennedy 's attention . For one thing , it was a woman 's voice , and it was not the sort of remark to be expected from a woman , at least not in such a place . Craig had been working pretty hard and began to show the strain . We had taken an evening off and now had dropped in after the theater at the Burridge , one of the most frequented midnight resorts on Broadway . At the table next to us -- and the tables at the Burridge were so close that one almost rubbed elbows with those at the next -- sat a party of four , two ladies in evening gowns and two men in immaculate black and white . `` I hope you are right , Leontine , '' returned one of the men , with an English accent . `` The natural place for the islands is under the American flag , anyway . ''