midnight
`` Have I not said that I take great care in choosing my friends ? '' `` I can not conceive any reason for your faith in me , unless -- '' `` Well , you may question me . '' `` I had lately a strange adventure , Countess , in which a woman was concerned . She found me after midnight at the corner of the Altstrasse , and -- '' `` Monsieur ! monsieur ! '' she exclaimed , holding up her hand . `` Do you imagine I should visit the Altstrasse for my politics , and after midnight , too ? ''