ten at night
They both came with me the seven-mile drive to the station ; and even Jim , to my relief , did n't seem to have the least suspicion that my hurried departure was occasioned by any other reason than that I had given . Anne 's name had never been mentioned between him and myself since my release . Perhaps he imagined I was forgetting her , though Mary knew better . I sent a wire from Exeter to `` M. Pavloff , '' and when I arrived at Waterloo , about half-past ten at night , I drove straight to the Charing Cross Hotel , secured a room there , and asked for Herr Pavloff . I was taken up to a private sitting-room , and there , right enough , was Mishka himself . In his way he was as remarkable a man as his master ; as imperturbable , and as much at home in a London hotel , as in the café near the Ismailskaia Prospekt in Petersburg . He greeted me with a warmth that I felt to be flattering from one of his temperament .