seven o'clock
`` As you will , '' he said . He sat up , and , drawing a small table toward him , took up a pen reflectively . Paul watched him in silence . When the letter was finished , Steinmetz read it aloud : `` My Dear Catrina : `` The Moscow doctor and your obedient servant will be -LRB- D.V. -RRB- in Thors by seven o'clock to-night . We propose spending about an hour in the village , if you will kindly advise the starosta to be ready for us . As our time is limited , and we are much needed in Osterno , we shall have to deprive ourselves of the pleasure of calling at the castle . The prince sends kind remembrances , and proposes riding over to Thors to avail himself of your proffered hospitality in a day or two .