seven o’clock
`` I _ must _ have that fellow here ! '' he said at length ; `` I must read the mystery of _ him _ first of all , and then I can settle what to do next . There 's a duel in this business ! '' Returning home at seven o'clock he did not find Pavel Pavlovitch there , which fact first surprised him , then angered him , then depressed him , and at last , frightened him . `` God knows , God knows how it will all end ! '' he cried ; first trying to settle himself on a sofa , and then marching up and down the room , and all the while looking at his watch every other minute . At length -- at about nine o'clock -- Pavel Pavlovitch appeared .