five in the morning
`` Ask Janiaud , '' I said ; _ I _ do n't know . '' `` Oh , not at all , '' replied Janiaud ; `` no , indeed , it was not always like this ! It used to be as quiet at midnight as at any other hour . But it became celebrated as a supper-place ; and now it is quite the thing for the ardent spirits , with money , to come and kick up their heels here until five in the morning . '' `` Curious , how such customs originate , '' remarked the Editor . `` Here we have a restaurant which is out of the way , which is the reverse of luxurious , and which , for all that , seems to be a gold mine to the proprietor . Look at him !