midnight
They hope to make arrests before he returns . '' `` When -- when does he return ? '' `` Sh -- h ! At midnight . Dance faster , faster -- Let yourself go ! '' The music broke into a mad riot of rhythm ; the violins seemed to run races with one another in an intoxication of sound , pulsing , penetrating , overpowering . The white figure twirled in the Prince 's arms , her gold hair a blot against the scarlet of his sleeve , faster and faster .