midnight
But luckily -LRB- since you ask us to chronicle our adventures , as Jack did for Monty in those days -RRB- we can still mix the honey of love with the lubricating oil of the machine . It will most likely be Pat 's and somebody else 's love , not ours , although our stock never runs dry . But you 're interested in Pat 's affairs , and really they _ do _ get more complicated and exciting every day . I sha n't tell you much about them just now , but will save that part of the narrative for by and by , in case there 's anything to add at half-past midnight . There generally is news from the front about that time . Meanwhile , Monty -LRB- who is as ignorant of this country as Jack was only the other day -RRB- clamours for J. 's `` impressions of America . '' Since Jack ca n't put them on paper , I will .