Midnight
said he , turning to me . `` Yes , sir , -- I am sincerely sorry ------ '' `` Sorrow , in these cases , does no good , sir , '' interrupted he . `` I thought I had sufficiently warned you of the danger of forming that intimacy . Midnight carousing will not do for men of business . '' `` Carousing , sir ! '' said I. `` Give me leave to assure you that we were not carousing . We were only at a _ frog-concert _ . ''