midnight
``` I vote we go , ' said Marnier 's light tenor voice in my ear . ` The atmosphere 's awful in here . ' ``` Very well , ' I said . `` I got up ; but just then a girl , dressed in midnight purple embroidered with silver , came in from the doorway , and began to dance alone . She was very young -- fourteen , I found out afterwards -- and , in contrast to the other women , extremely beautiful . There were grace , seduction , mystery , and coquetry in her face and in all her movements . Her long black eyes held fire and dreams .