midnight
The Johns never eat on Fifth Avenue , the lights are too dim . But why supper ? You ca n't eat . '' `` A Welsh rarebit would be the death of me ; lobsters are poison , '' he confessed ; `` but I 've read that chorus-girls are carnivorous animals and seek their prey at midnight . '' `` Most of them would prefer bread and milk ; anyhow , I would . But I 'm not hungry , so let 's ride -- we can talk better , and you 're not the sort of man to be seen in public with one of Bergman 's show-girls . '' The banker acquiesced with alacrity .