eleven o'clock
And now it appeared that he had no right to do so , and every recollection of it was disagreeable to him . He looked on all the luxurious appointments of the work-room with heavy heart , and walked into the cabinet in ill humor . The cabinet was a high room , profusely ornamented , and containing every imaginable device of comfort and necessity . He produced from one of the drawers of a large table the summons , and , ascertaining that he must appear at eleven o'clock , he sat down and wrote to the Princess , thanking her for the invitation , and saying that he should try to call for dinner . The tone of the note seemed to him too intimate , and he tore it up ; he wrote another , but that was too formal , almost offensive . Again he tore it up , and touched a button on the wall . A servant , morose , with flowing side-whiskers and in a gray apron , entered .