two o'clock
I saw that the Tsaritza , now that every means to secure Miliukoff 's silence had failed , was terrified lest she be exhibited in her own true traitorous colours . Back we went to Petrograd , where we called at Protopopoff 's house , and where still another attempt against Miliukoff 's life was plotted . By telephone an ex-agent of Secret Police named Stefanovitch , who had done much work as an _ agent-provocateur _ for the camarilla , was called , and a price was at once arranged for the murder of the Deputy . He was to be shot at and killed outside the Tauris Palace , just before two o'clock , as he was entering the Duma . He would probably be walking round to the Chamber from his house with his bosom friend M. Purishkevitch . `` You will surely know somebody to whom the affair can be entrusted , Ivan , '' said the Minister of the Interior . `` If arrested , he will be allowed ample opportunity to escape .