half after midnight
`` It does me good , '' said Mrs Clowes , quaffing . `` And ye need summat to keep ye up in these days ! We did _ Belphegor _ and _ The Witch _ and a harlequinade last night . And not one of these children got to bed before half after midnight . But I was determined to have 'em at chapel this morning . And not sorry I am I went ! Eh , mester , what a Virginius you 'd ha ' made !