midnight
she said . `` You are young and ought to enjoy yourself . I am old , and hardly fit for these late assemblies -- and how very late they are too ! When I was a girl we never stayed beyond midnight -- '' `` And is it midnight now ? '' asked Innocent , amazed , turning to her partner , a young scion of the aristocracy , who looked as if he had not been to bed for a week . He smiled simperingly , and glanced at his watch . `` It 's nearly two o'clock , '' he said .