midnight
Of course one could see that he was over the draft age , still ... . For the most part she was silent , but happy and content . By contributing her share to the evening 's entertainment she had justified her presence . Wine as a factor in midnight suppers was a new but not a revolutionary experience to Claire Robson , but she gasped a bit when the maid passed cigarettes to the ladies . And yet she felt a delicious sense of being a party to something quite daring and _ outré _ , although she did not have either courage or skill to enjoy one of the slender , gold-tipped delights . The time for departure finally came . Claire rose reluctantly .