twelve o'clock night before
It was n't very modest , perhaps , I was so miserable I did n't care . I just wanted to put my arms around your neck and tell you to love me always -- that nothing else mattered -- '' `` Nothing else does matter , dearest -- '' `` Yes -- it does . It matters whether you have used me to betray my people . Where were you at twelve o'clock night before last ? '' `` I 'd rather not tell you -- '' `` I demand it -- '' A quizzical smile played about Socola 's handsome mouth as he faced her frankly . `` I was in a gambling establishment -- '' `` Whose ? '' `` Johnnie Worsham 's -- '' `` What were you doing there ?