midnight
`` Their conclusions are n't very complimentary , '' she said . `` I do n't believe Dr. Cecil would feel flattered at this . Why those bowed legs , may I ask , and wherefore that long , lean , dyspeptic visage ? Dr. Cecil , let me inform you , has a digestion that quails not at deviled crabs and chafing-dish horrors at midnight , as I have abundant reason to know . I have seen Dr. Cecil prepare a welsh rabbit and -- eat it , also , with much relish , apparently . Oh , no , their conclusions were n't quite correct . There are other details I might mention -- that cane , for instance -- but let it pass .