four o'clock
She walked away smiling . The mother followed her with her eyes , sighed , and looked around . Her thoughts came to a halt , and in a half-drowsy , oppressive condition of quiet , she began to get the dishes together . At four o'clock Nikolay appeared . Then they dined . Sofya , laughing at times , told how she met and concealed the fugitive , how she feared the spies , and saw one in every person she met , and how comically the fugitive conducted himself . Something in her tone reminded the mother of the boasting of a workingman who had completed a difficult piece of work to his own satisfaction .