nearly midnight
Claire clasped them tenderly , while Marion , on a sudden thought , related to her Haig 's speech about baths ; and they laughed together . `` You 've so many things to tell me , '' said Claire , with a curiosity she could not quite repress . `` Yes , '' answered Marion , blushing . It was nearly midnight when they sat down to supper , but none of them cared for time . Marion was not sleepy . She and Haig and Pete had slept well in a deserted cabin the last night of their journey , before a huge fire , in circumstances positively pleasant in comparison with what they had passed through . But she was hungry .