seven o’clock precisely
Raskolnikov had just passed and heard no more . He passed softly , unnoticed , trying not to miss a word . His first amazement was followed by a thrill of horror , like a shiver running down his spine . He had learnt , he had suddenly quite unexpectedly learnt , that the next day at seven o'clock Lizaveta , the old woman 's sister and only companion , would be away from home and that therefore at seven o'clock precisely the old woman _ would be left alone _ . He was only a few steps from his lodging . He went in like a man condemned to death . He thought of nothing and was incapable of thinking ; but he felt suddenly in his whole being that he had no more freedom of thought , no will , and that everything was suddenly and irrevocably decided .