midnight
Latin peoples are something like cats , they are of the feline race ; a Frenchman is like a fat , well-fed cat ; an Italian is like an old Angora which has kept its beautiful fur ; and the Spaniard is like the cats on a roof , skinny , bare of fur , almost too weak to howl with despair and hunger ... . Then there are the ophidians , the Jews , the Greeks , the Armenians ... '' `` Then for you the world is a zoological garden ? '' `` Well , is n't it ? '' At midnight they tried to break the glass jar of bonbons . They blindfolded various men , and one by one they made them turn around a couple of times and then try to break the jar with a stick . It was the Marquis Sciacca that did break the glass vase , and the pieces fell on his head . `` Have you hurt yourself ? ''