seven o'clock
But there are a good many of our landed gentry in Russia exactly like this . It will be asked : ` What is my object in talking about him ? ... ' Well , by way of answering that question , let me describe to you one of my visits at Mardary Apollonitch 's . I arrived one summer evening at seven o'clock . An evening service was only just over ; the priest , a young man , apparently very timid , and only lately come from the seminary , was sitting in the drawing-room near the door , on the extreme edge of a chair . Mardary Apollonitch received me as usual , very cordially ; he was genuinely delighted to see any visitor , and indeed he was the most good-natured of men altogether . The priest got up and took his hat .