midnight
She seemed , in her present leadership ; to know more of life , than he ; to be maturer . But she did not abuse her superiority ; she kept an effect of her last summer 's friendliness for him throughout . Several times , finding herself near him ; she introduced him to people . Guests kept arriving till midnight . Among the latest , when Dan had lost himself far from Boston in talk with a young lady from Richmond , who spoke with a slur of her vowels that fascinated him , came Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley . He felt himself grow pale and inattentive to his pretty Virginian . That accent of Mrs. Brinkley 's recalled him to his history .