about nine in the morning
She could go no farther , and subsided on to a couch quite exhausted ; too feeble to remember so much as to ask the prince to take a seat . This was a large reception-room , full of flowers , and with a glass door leading into the garden . Alexandra and Adelaida came in almost immediately , and looked inquiringly at the prince and their mother . The girls generally rose at about nine in the morning in the country ; Aglaya , of late , had been in the habit of getting up rather earlier and having a walk in the garden , but not at seven o'clock ; about eight or a little later was her usual time . Lizabetha Prokofievna , who really had not slept all night , rose at about eight on purpose to meet Aglaya in the garden and walk with her ; but she could not find her either in the garden or in her own room . This agitated the old lady considerably ; and she awoke her other daughters . Next , she learned from the maid that Aglaya had gone into the park before seven o'clock .