midnight
But at night , by his orders , I go away to the lodge so that I do n't get to sleep till midnight , but am on the watch , getting up and walking about the yard , waiting for Agrafena Alexandrovna to come . For the last few days he 's been perfectly frantic expecting her . What he argues is , she is afraid of him , Dmitri Fyodorovitch -LRB- Mitya , as he calls him -RRB- , ` and so , ' says he , ` she 'll come the back‐way , late at night , to me . You look out for her , ' says he , ` till midnight and later ; and if she does come , you run up and knock at my door or at the window from the garden . Knock at first twice , rather gently , and then three times more quickly , then , ' says he , ` I shall understand at once that she has come , and will open the door to you quietly . ' Another signal he gave me in case anything unexpected happens . At first , two knocks , and then , after an interval , another much louder .