midnight
He did not dream of Kedzie 's reason for postponing always the matter of a wedding date . Kedzie had come to depend on Jim for her entertainment . He took care of her evenings , gave them vivacity and opulence . He took her to theaters , to the opera , the music-halls , the midnight roofs , and other resorts for the postponement of sleep . Occasionally he introduced her to friends of his whom they encountered . It pained and angered him , and Kedzie , too , to note that the men were inclined to eye Kedzie with tolerant amusement . There was a twinkle of contempt in their smiling eyes that seemed to say : `` Where did Dyckman pick you up , my pretty ? ''