midnight
Miss Selina drew back ; she was within an inch of being highly offended , when she too happened to catch a glimpse of the carriage and horses . So she sat down and entered into conversation with him ; and when she liked , nobody could be more polite and agreeable than Miss Selina . So it happened that the handsome equipage crawled round and round the Crescent , or stood pawing the silent Sunday street before No. 15 , for very nearly an hour , even till Hilary came home . It was vexatious to have to make excuses for Ascott : particularly as his godfather said with a laugh , that `` young fellows would be young fellows , '' they need n't expect to see the lad till midnight , or till to-morrow morning . But though in this , and other things , he somewhat annoyed the ladies from Stowbury , no one could say he was not civil to them -- exceedingly civil . He offered them Botanical Garden tickets -- Zoological Garden tickets ; he even , after some meditation and knitting of his shaggy grey eyebrows , bolted out with an invitation for the whole family to dinner at Russell Square the following Sunday . `` I always give my dinners on Sunday .