midnight
` And you have glorious nights at your clubs , do n't you ? We had a friend of John 's with us the other day who had met you at some literary club near the Strand . Do you ever sing comic songs now ? ' ` Sometimes , after midnight . One does not feel moved to that kind of thing till the small hours . ' ` Ah ! ' sighed Bessie , ` our only idea of the small hours is getting up at four , to be ready for a five o'clock service .