midnight
`` Permit me , Mrs. Arden , '' he addressed the elder woman , who tolerated him dispassionately . `` And Mrs. Stanistreet ... I say , are n't you a bit late ? '' `` Frightfully , '' assented Mrs. Stanistreet in a weary voice . `` It must be all of midnight . '' `` Hardly that , Adele , '' said Mrs. Arden with a humorous glance . `` Dinner , the play , supper , and home before twelve ! '' commented Blensop , shocked .