texts: Yes, but isn't midnight a little excessive? </s> <s> It is quite late enough. </s> <s> But mama, the room was built expressly for that purpose.  It has been a smoking-room by tradition ever since father --
labels: Brown's responsibilities are onerous enough already.  He has far too much to do without having to stay up all night waiting for you to go to bed. The smoking-room will be closed and the lights put out at twelve o'clock.