midnight
Unlike Jethro they had never known the world of cities . They repudiated Fleda , because their ambition could not reach to her . They recognized the touch of fashion and of form , of a worldly education , of a convention which lifted her away from the tan and the caravan , from the everlasting itinerary . They had not had Jethro 's experiences in fashionable hotels of Europe , at midnight parties , at gay suppers , at garish dances , where Gorgio ladies answered the amorous looks of the ambitious Romany with the fiddle at his chin . Because these young Romanys knew they dare not aspire , they were resentful ; but Jethro , the head of the rival family and the son of the dead claimant to the headship , had not such compulsory modesty . He had ranged far and wide , and his expectations were extensive . He was nowhere to be seen in the groups which sang and gestured in the light of the many coloured fires , though once or twice Fleda 's quickened ear detected his voice , exulting , in the chorus of song .