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`` I 've promised , and I 'll come , '' he answered wearily . `` Believe me , I appreciate it , and I hope you wo n't regret it , '' answered Stepan Arkadyevitch , smiling . And , putting on his coat as he went , he patted the footman on the head , chuckled , and went out . `` At five o'clock , and not evening dress , please , '' he shouted once more , turning at the door . It was past five , and several guests had already arrived , before the host himself got home . He went in together with Sergey Ivanovitch Koznishev and Pestsov , who had reached the street door at the same moment . These were the two leading representatives of the Moscow intellectuals , as Oblonsky had called them .