midnight
Being unfamiliar with the Café du Bon Vieux Temps in those days , I said that I would drink beer . Janiaud smiled sardonically , and the waiter surprised us with the information that beer could not be supplied . `` What ? '' `` After midnight , nothing but champagne , '' he answered . `` Really ? Well , let us go somewhere else , '' I proposed . But the Editor would not hear of that .