midnight
No functions had been given in the bull plaza for two weeks . The Sunday _ corrida _ was postponed until a week-day when the weather should be fine . The management , the employees of the plaza , and the innumerable devotees whom this forced suspension cast into an ill humor , watched the firmament with the anxiety of the peasant who fears for his crops . A clearing in the sky , or the appearance of a few stars at midnight when they left the _ cafés _ , made them cheerful again . `` It 's going to clear up -- bull-fight day after to-morrow . '' But the clouds gathered again , the dark gloomy weather with its continual rain persisted , and the devotees of the game grew indignant at a climate that seemed to have declared war on the national sport . Unhappy country !