midnight
Only do n't interrupt Ceally and Naki . '' At half-past seven everything was ready for supper . As for the coon hunt , no one of `` The Automobile Girls '' had the faintest conception of what it would be like , and Miss Sallie was as ignorant as the rest of them . `` It is only an excuse for a midnight frolic among the young people , '' she thought , indulgently . `` I presume no mischief will come of it . '' A barking of dogs announced the approach of the guests . Four lean hounds , brown and yellow , baying and straining at their leashes , tore up the hill .