about midnight
You never hinted to me that afternoon that you were anxious to see Norway under the personal conductorship of Lord Earlscourt . '' `` It would have been impossible for me to give you such a hint , '' said he . `` I had no idea myself that I wanted greatly to go to Norway , until I met Earlscourt . '' `` So we gathered from what papa told us when he came in about midnight , bringing Mr. Linton with him , '' said Phyllis . `` Ella had come across to me before nine , to ask me to go with her to ` Romeo and Juliet ' at Covent Garden , forgetting that I was dining with Lady Earlscourt . '' `` But you had not returned from the dinner party at nine , '' he suggested . She had certainly succeeded in arousing his interest , even in such ordinary details as those she was describing .