midnight
said Winterbourne as he lifted his hat . `` I do n't care , '' said Daisy in a little strange tone , `` whether I have Roman fever or not ! '' Upon this the cab driver cracked his whip , and they rolled away over the desultory patches of the antique pavement . Winterbourne , to do him justice , as it were , mentioned to no one that he had encountered Miss Miller , at midnight , in the Colosseum with a gentleman ; but nevertheless , a couple of days later , the fact of her having been there under these circumstances was known to every member of the little American circle , and commented accordingly . Winterbourne reflected that they had of course known it at the hotel , and that , after Daisy 's return , there had been an exchange of remarks between the porter and the cab driver . But the young man was conscious , at the same moment , that it had ceased to be a matter of serious regret to him that the little American flirt should be `` talked about '' by low-minded menials . These people , a day or two later , had serious information to give : the little American flirt was alarmingly ill .