one o'clock in the afternoon
But it was only about three o'clock in the afternoon it occurred to the authorities that it was possible to prohibit the crowds standing about , and to command them when they had prayed , bowed down and left their offerings , to pass on . Upon Von Lembke this unfortunate incident made the gloomiest impression . As I was told , Yulia Mihailovna said afterwards it was from this ill-omened morning that she first noticed in her husband that strange depression which persisted in him until he left our province on account of illness two months ago , and , I believe , haunts him still in Switzerland , where he has gone for a rest after his brief career amongst us . I remember at one o'clock in the afternoon I crossed the marketplace ; the crowd was silent and their faces solemn and gloomy . A merchant , fat and sallow , drove up , got out of his carriage , made a bow to the ground , kissed the ikon , offered a rouble , sighing , got back into his carriage and drove off . Another carriage drove up with two ladies accompanied by two of our scapegraces . The young people -LRB- one of whom was not quite young -RRB- got out of their carriage too , and squeezed their way up to the ikon , pushing people aside rather carelessly .