twelve o'clock at
night
Mr. Leveson , who kept this hotel , took great pride in saying that nothing in all New York bore a better name , and no amount of bribery would have induced one of his employes -- on _ that _ side of the house -- to vary the rules laid down . But on the _ other _ side of the building -- at the entrance on the other street -- ah , that was different ! If only the most respectable customers entered the first door it was almost equally true that none but those who lacked that quality used the second . Mr. Leveson sometimes remarked with glee , at twelve o'clock at night , that he would give a hundred dollar bill for an honest man or woman in any of the rooms up-stairs . The waiters had instructions to `` size up '' all comers with care , and to admit no accidental parties who might apply for entrance under a misapprehension as to the character of the place . `` We are all full , sorry to say , '' was the established formula . `` There is a very good restaurant just around the corner , on -- th street . ''