midnight
He stalked deliberately at Razumov 's elbow with his eyes on the ground . `` It 's an official statement , '' he continued in the same cautious mutter . `` It may be a lie . But there was somebody arrested between midnight and one in the morning on Tuesday . This is certain . '' And talking rapidly under the cover of his downcast air , he told Razumov that this was known through an inferior Government clerk employed at the Central Secretariat . That man belonged to one of the revolutionary circles .