midnight
`` I 've got to get something to warm me up . Is this a saloon ? '' `` Yes , but it 's closed . Wo n't be open until midnight . '' Mr. Dillingham made a sweeping condemnation of a city administration that would countenance such a proceeding , then set his wits to work to evade the law . `` Whose joint is this , anyhow ? '' he asked , glancing up .