midnight
`` It was explained to me once , but now my memory seems to be drunk . '' `` Simply , dawn is not far off , '' said Celino . `` The third nocturn is between midnight and dawn . The contessa 's reception began at the first nocturn , between sunset and midnight . Tell me , did you never experience wine in Egypt ? '' Daoud decided that , much as he liked Lorenzo , he did not want to confide any of Saadi 's most secret teachings to an atheist . `` Many times we stayed up all night , drinking kaviyeh , talking and watching the dancers .