midnight
He found that this devoted attendant of theaters had never seen the beautiful Italians who pounce upon protesting zylophones with small clubs , or the side-splitting juggler 's assistant who breaks up piles and piles of plates . And as to the top hat that turns into an accordion and produces much melody , she was ecstatic . At after-theater supper he talked of Theresa and South Beach , of Charley Carpenter and Morton -- Morton -- Morton . They sat , at midnight , on the steps of the house in Tavistock Place . `` I do know you now , `` she mused . `` It 's curious how any two babes in a strange-enough woods get acquainted . You _ are _ a lonely child , are n't you ? ''