midnight
Couple weeks ago , and mind you , this was a fair , square test , they took a Zeeco stock touring-car and they slid up the Tonawanda hill on high , and fellow told me -- '' -LRB- `` Zeeco good boat but -- Were they planning to stay all night ? '' -RRB- They really were going , with a flutter of `` We did have the best time ! '' Most aggressively friendly of all was Babbitt , yet as he burbled he was reflecting , `` I got through it , but for a while there I did n't hardly think I 'd last out . '' He prepared to taste that most delicate pleasure of the host : making fun of his guests in the relaxation of midnight . As the door closed he yawned voluptuously , chest out , shoulders wriggling , and turned cynically to his wife . She was beaming . `` Oh , it was nice , was n't it !