midnight
Would you rather have the coffee or the water-ices served upstairs -- Oh , here 's your Aunt Julia -- Julia Sandworth , I never needed advice more . '' Mrs. Sandworth 's appearance was the chord which resolved into one burst of sound all the various motives emitted by the different temperaments in the room . Every one appealed to her at once . `` Just a touch of gold braid on the collar , next the face , do n't you -- '' `` Why not a real supper at midnight , with creamed oysters and things , as they do in the East ? '' `` Do _ you _ see anything out of the way in publishing the details of Miss Lydia 's dress the day before ? It gives people a chance to know what to look for . '' -LSB- Illustration : `` No , no ; I ca n't -- see him -- I ca n't see him any more -- '' -RSB- `` How can we avoid that awful jam-up there is on the stairs when people begin to -- '' Mrs. Sandworth made her way to the corner where Lydia stood , presenting a faultlessly fitted back to the world so that Madame Boyle might , with a fat , moist forefinger , indicate the spot where a `` soupçon '' of gold was needed .