midnight
Might as well bid you good-by , and give you a dimit from all the clubs and lodges , until six months after the wedding . You 'll be back by that time , thirstier than ever . By the way , that reminds me : the gang 's going to give you a blow-out at the club . Kind of an _ Auld lang syne _ business , ` champagny-vather an ' cracked ice , ' chimes at midnight , wo n't go home till morning , all good fellows and the rest of it . Edgington spoke to you about it , I s ` pose ? '' `` Only in a general way , '' replied Amidon , wondering who and what Edgington would turn out to be . `` I do n't know yet how my engagements will be -- '' `` Oh , nothing must stand in the way of that , you know , '' the little man went on .