midnight
But mine of course carried the day , for mine showed it could wait , while hers could n't ; the final superiority of women to men being in fact , I think , that we are more PATIENTLY curious . `` Why , is she in the city ? '' `` If she is n't , dear madam , '' I replied , `` she ought to be . She left Eastridge last evening for parts unknown , and should have got here by midnight . '' Oh , how glad I was to let them both in as far as I possibly could ! And clearly now I had let Mrs. Chataway , if such she was , in very far indeed . She stared , but then airily considered .