midnights
Most of these afflicted pilgrims to the London conservatory were engaged upon the business of the Goddess richly inspiring the Heliconian choir , but rendering the fountain-waters heady . Here they had to be , if they would enjoy the spectacle of London 's biggest and choicest bouquet : and in them , too , there was an unattached air during Potts ' cooling discourse of turf and tables , except when he tossed them a morsel of tragedy , or the latest joke , not yet past the full gallop on its course . Their sparkle was transient ; woman had them fast . Compelled to think of them as not serious members of our group , he assisted at the crush-room exit , and the happy riddance of the beautiful cousins dedicated to the merry London midnights ' further pastures . Fleetwood 's word was extracted , that he would visit the ` palazzo ' within a couple of hours . Potts exclaimed : ` Good . You promise .