hours after midnight
`` Early rising and late going to bed are bad for the complexion , '' he declared , solemnly . `` I often wonder how army officers manage to exist , '' she said . `` They never seem to get enough sleep , in the East , at any rate . I have seen them dancing for hours after midnight , and heard of them pig-sticking or schooling hunters at five o'clock next morning . '' `` So you assume I have been in the army ? '' `` I am quite sure of it . '' `` May I ask why ? ''