midnight
she called , and the motley company , obeying the summons , clustered about her . `` The musicians wo n't be here until midnight . After they have come and after we 've had supper there will be dancing . But until midnight we are going to play games -- old games , such as I 'm told they played in England two hundred years ago on May Day and on All Fools ' Day and on Halloween . There 'll be no servants about and no one to bother us and we 'll have these rooms to ourselves to do just as we please in . '' A babble of politely enthusiastic exclamations rose . The good-looking widow could always be depended upon to provide something unusual when she entertained .