noon
There was a huge floral umbrella for the centrepiece , and an elaborate colour effect in flowers . During the dance , screens were put up concealing this end of the ballroom , and when they were removed sometime after midnight , the tables were found set for the supper , with an entirely new scenic effect . They danced until broad daylight ; Montague was told of parties at which the guests had adjourned in the morning to play tennis . All these people would be up by nine or ten o'clock the next day , and he would see them in the shops and at the bathing beach before noon . And this was Society 's idea of `` resting '' from the labours of the winter season ! After the supper Montague was taken in charge by Mrs. Caroline Smythe , the lady who had once introduced him to her cats and dogs . Mrs. Smythe had become greatly interested in Mrs. Winnie 's anti-vivisection crusade , and told him all about it while they strolled out upon the loggia of the Landis palace , and stood and watched the sunrise over the bay .