midnight
A chair was entering , on each side of which walked a footman , whose livery Lady Carse well knew . Her handsome face , red before , was now more flushed . She put her mouth close to the window , and said , `` If it had been anybody but Lovat you would not have been rid of me this evening . I would have stood among the chairmen till midnight for the chance of getting in . Be sure I shall to-morrow , or some day . But now I am off . '' She darted past the chair , her face turned away , just as Lord Lovat was issuing from it .