midnight
He merely declared , with a vast bitterness in his soul , that the Prince was coming to dinner , but what the deuce was the use ? `` She ought to be soundly -- spoken to , '' said he , breaking the sentence with a hasty gulp . `` Now , Lou , there 's just one thing to do . I must go to New York on the midnight train and get her . That woman was all right as a tutor , but hanged if I like to see a daughter of mine traipsing around New York with a school teacher . She -- '' `` You forget that she has retired on a competence . She is not in active employment .