midnight
She embraced his suggestion with luxurious intensity , holding it aloft like a sun of her own making and basking in its beams . She strung together an amazing synopsis for an extravaganza of martial adventure . After supper , surfeited with the subject , she yawned . She wanted not to talk but only to read `` Penrod , '' stretched upon the lounge until at midnight she fell asleep . But Anthony , after he had carried her romantically up the stairs , stayed awake to brood upon the day , vaguely angry with her , vaguely dissatisfied . `` What am I going to do ? '' he began at breakfast .