midnight
George ! '' I should put myself into the same picture . Best setting for us , I think , would be the Beckenham snuggery , because there we worked hardest . It would be the lamplit room of the early nineties , and the clock upon the mantel would indicate midnight or later . We would be sitting on either side of the fire , I with a pipe , my uncle with a cigar or cigarette . There would be glasses standing inside the brass fender . Our expressions would be very grave .