twelve o'clock at night
`` It is a crime against common sense . Besides , I take a pride in the fact that Briarwood Hall supplies a sufficient and a well-served table . Fruit at times between meals is all very well . But a sour pickle and a piece of angel cake at eleven or twelve o'clock at night would soon break down the digestive faculties of a second Samson . `` However , '' she added grimly , `` that will bring its own punishment . I need not trouble myself about this phase of the matter . But that distinct rules of the school have been broken can not be ignored .