midnight
lib . i , v , 82 , in describing his excursion to Brundisium , narrates his experience , or lack of it , with a waitress in an inn . This passage , it should be remarked , is the only one in all his works in which he is absolutely sincere in what he says of women . `` Here like a triple fool I waited till midnight for a lying jade till sleep overcame me , intent on venery ; in that filthy vision the dreams spot my night clothes and my belly , as I lie upon my back . '' In the AEserman inscription -LRB- Mommsen , Inscr . Regn . Neap .