about five o'clock in the
morning
When Olga Mihalovna came to herself again after a pain she was no longer sobbing nor tossing from side to side , but moaning . She could not refrain from moaning even in the intervals between the pains . The candles were still burning , but the morning light was coming through the blinds . It was probably about five o'clock in the morning . At the round table there was sitting some unknown woman with a very discreet air , wearing a white apron . From her whole appearance it was evident she had been sitting there a long time . Olga Mihalovna guessed that she was the midwife .