midnight
`` I suppose we must stay on here until Garry finishes the new church . I have n't seen much of Ruth , -- or of you , either , Jack . But I do n't see much of anybody now , -- not even of Garry . He never gets home until midnight , or even later , if the train is behind time , and it generally is . '' `` Then he must have lots of new work , '' cried Jack in a cheerful tone . `` He told me the last time I saw him on the train that he expected some big warehouse job . '' Corinne looked out of the window and fingered the handle of her parasol .