nearly
midnight
`` There 'll be somebody at this number all night , neighbor . Gamblers Anonymous . '' He faded off down the dark street . The card merely said : `` Manhattan Chapter NO 5-5600 '' * * * * * Shari must have had a swell time at dinner with some guy who did n't gamble , because she did n't come home until nearly midnight . I know because I dialed her apartment every ten minutes until I got her face on the screen . She was still dressed for dinner and had a sort of tiara over her thick tresses . `` What is it ? ''