midnight
`` He thought one of her kind would set us all off to advantage . Then , I was painting her poster -- '' `` It would have been only a little joke in a man 's club , but the _ Smilax _ took to it as something looked and yearned for long ... . Two things appear funny to me . Mrs. Wordling has lived at the Club part of the year for three years , and yet did n't know the Park was locked at midnight . And she , who has done all the crying about consequences , was the one who told me -- '' Beth was beginning to understand . Here was an opening such as she had awaited : `` What is her story ? '' she asked .