midnight
I 've got enough . '' But he had n't . He got as far as the door -- and then struggled back to take one more look , hating himself all the while for his weakness . Toward midnight , when supper was announced , the crowd thronged to the supper room where a long table was decked out with what seemed a rare repast , but which consisted of things better calculated to feast the eye than the appetite . The ladies were soon seated in files along the wall , and in groups here and there , and the colored waiters filled the plates and glasses and the , male guests moved hither and thither conveying them to the privileged sex . Harry took an ice and stood up by the table with other gentlemen , and listened to the buzz of conversation while he ate . From these remarks he learned a good deal about Laura that was news to him .