midnight
`` Oh , '' murmured Allen dejectedly : `` I 'm sorry if you did n't want me in the party . It 's always the way with me . Nobody ever really loves me for myself alone . What does the adorable do besides midnight lobsters ? I thought Aunt Sally said she was at Miss Waring 's school . '' `` She is , more or less , '' growled Dan . `` Her mother wants to put her through college , to please the wealthy great-aunt .