five o'clock
This Wolf , a wealthy Jew who had turned Lutheran , did not send his children to the high school , but had them taught at home by the high-school masters , and paid five roubles a lesson . He was bored , bored , bored . At three o'clock he went to Wolf 's and spent there , as it seemed to him , an eternity . He left there at five o'clock , and before seven he had to be at the high school again to a meeting of the masters -- to draw up the plan for the _ viva voce _ examination of the fourth and sixth classes . When late in the evening he left the high school and went to the Shelestovs ' , his heart was beating and his face was flushed . A month before , even a week before , he had , every time that he made up his mind to speak to her , prepared a whole speech , with an introduction and a conclusion . Now he had not one word ready ; everything was in a muddle in his head , and all he knew was that today he would _ certainly _ declare himself , and that it was utterly impossible to wait any longer .