January
midnight
But do n't be frightened , sis ! It 's only a political flurry , and such fusses are usually more fizz than fight . I 'll have the car around to the door in a jab of a jiffy ! '' By the time the limousine swung under the _ porte-cochère _ Lana was down and waiting ; Mrs. Stanton came hurrying after , ready to defy a January midnight in a cocoon of kolinsky . Coventry had ridden from the garage with the chauffeur . `` I have been talking with Wallace . He thinks he 'd better drive to the State House by detour through the parkway . ''