about midnight
`` All right . Then nothing it is . '' But she knew he would buy her something . He went out , pausing at the door to grab playfully at his sister 's waist , and saying that he 'd be back about midnight , hurried to Marjorie 's house , because he had promised to take her to a show . `` Anything you want for Christmas this year , Margy ? '' he asked , after kissing her in the dimly-lighted hall . `` I got five hundred to-night . ''