night about midnight
`` One cold chicken , '' repeated the bar-keeper , in his tube . `` White meat , '' said the manager . `` White meat , '' repeated the bar-keeper . `` I went into the Parker House one night about midnight , and I saw four doctors there eating lobster salad , and devilled crab , and washing it down with champagne ; and I made up my mind that the doctors need n't talk to me any more about what was wholesome . I was going in for what was _ good _ . And there aint anything better for supper than Welsh rabbit in _ this _ world . '' As the manager addressed this philosophy to the company at large , no one commented upon it , which seemed quite the same to the manager , who hitched one elbow over the back of his chair , and caressed with the other hand the dog lying in his lap .