midnight, Saturdays
`` Then we need n't hurry , '' she suggested , smiling . `` We need n't delay , '' he countered amiably . `` If somebody does n't interrupt 'em before long , George will be too late to get the pitcher filled . This town shuts up tight at midnight , Saturdays -- if you want to believe everything you hear . So there 's no need of being too indulgent with our infatuated fellow-inmates . '' `` But -- just a minute , Mr. Sybarite , '' she insisted . `` As many as you wish , '' he laughed .