midnight
Leslie Goldthwaite , and the Haddens , and Mrs. Linceford , and the Thoresbys were all asked , and might come if they chose . Their stay would be another matter . And so the evening and the German went on . Till eleven , when they broke up ; and the entertainers in a body rushed merrily and noisily along the passages to Number Thirteen , West Wing , rousing from their first naps many quietly disposed , delicate people , who kept early hours , and a few babies whose nurses and mammas would bear them anything but gratefully in mind through the midnight hours to come . They gained two minutes , perhaps , upon their guests , who had , some of them , to look up wraps , and to come round by the front hall and piazzas . In these two minutes , by Sin Saxon 's order , they seated themselves comfortably at table . They had plenty of room ; but they spread their robes gracefully , -- they had all dressed in their very prettiest to-night , -- and they quite filled up the space .