About midnight
The fact that some of the girls were drinking horrified him . He did n't mind their smoking -- well , not very much ; but drinking ? That was going altogether too far . About midnight he danced again with Hester Sheville , not because he wanted to but because she had insisted . He had been standing gloomily in the doorway watching the bacchanalian scene , listening to the tom-tom of the drums when she came up to him . `` I wanta dance , '' she said huskily . `` I wanta dance with you -- you -- you blond beast . ''