midnight
So now , '' she finished , triumphantly , `` that 's settled ! And we 'll go to bed early , with books , and talk , and maybe creep down for something to eat about eleven , as we did that other night -- '' `` Nina , '' Mrs. Tabor said , in a new voice , interrupting her , `` you did n't telephone Mrs. Jay , did you ? '' `` Indeed I did ! '' Nina was still smiling over the thought of her midnight raid on the pantry with a flattering and laughing and girlish Ladybird , a Ladybird who had simply `` never gotten over '' that chance encounter with Father in the upper hall , and who had talked of it , and of their slippered feet and kimonos , through hours of delicious giggling and embarrassment . `` Well , then , you were extremely impertinent and officious , '' said a new voice , that Nina hardly recognized . Poor Nina ! Harriet found her sobbing on her bed , half an hour later , and took it for a sign that the wound would cure , that Nina did not resent her sympathy and comfort .