Sentence:  For Alice had lived, from early in her girlhood, a life of flowers, and song, and wine, and dance. . . . And her tight tongue had served her well . . . . [N]one ever heard her gossip of the times of Kalakaua's boathouse, nor of the <WSD>high times</WSD> of officers of visiting warships. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A very enjoyable or exciting experience or period of time.