eleven o’clock
`` Question repeated . Prisoner preserves the same stubborn silence . `` The venerable Chaplain of the Fortress being then admitted and exhorting the prisoner to repentance , entreating him also to atone for his crime by an unreserved and full confession which should help to liberate from the sin of rebellion against the Divine laws and the sacred Majesty of the Ruler , our Christ-loving land -- the prisoner opens his lips for the first time during this morning 's audience and in a loud , clear voice rejects the venerable Chaplain 's ministrations . `` At eleven o'clock the Court pronounces in summary form the death sentence . `` The execution is fixed for four o'clock in the afternoon , subject to further instructions from superior authorities . '' Councillor Mikulin dropped the page of foolscap , glanced down his beard , and turning to Razumov , added in an easy , explanatory tone -- `` We saw no object in delaying the execution . The order to carry out the sentence was sent by telegraph at noon .