midnight
We do not hoodwink ourselves into the blind belief that we are ordinary men , with the intellects of Cabinet Ministers , or the passions of the proletariat . No , we -- closing time , Waiter ! How absurd ! Why , is it forbidden in England to eat strawberries after midnight , or to go to bed at one o'clock in the day ? Come , Reggie ! It is useless to protest , as Mr. Max Beerbohm once said in his delicious ` Defence of Cosmetics . ' Come , the larks will soon be singing in the clear sky above Wardour Street .