About midnight
`` I will -- I will ! '' she declared . And Montague judged that she carried out her promise quickly , for the rest of the evening Ryder gave to entertaining the company . About midnight Montague chanced to look into the library , and he saw the president of the Gotham Trust in the midst of a group which was excitedly discussing divorce . `` Marriage is a sin for which the church refuses absolution ! '' he heard Stanley Ryder exclaiming . A few days after these incidents , Montague was waiting for a friend who was to come to dinner at his hotel .