three o'clock
`` It 's too much ; in the first class yesterday they gave him a fable to learn by heart , and a Latin translation and a problem . You know it 's too much for a little chap . '' And she would begin talking about the teachers , the lessons , and the school books , saying just what Sasha said . At three o'clock they had dinner together : in the evening they learned their lessons together and cried . When she put him to bed , she would stay a long time making the Cross over him and murmuring a prayer ; then she would go to bed and dream of that far-away misty future when Sasha would finish his studies and become a doctor or an engineer , would have a big house of his own with horses and a carriage , would get married and have children ... . She would fall asleep still thinking of the same thing , and tears would run down her cheeks from her closed eyes , while the black cat lay purring beside her : `` Mrr , mrr , mrr . '' Suddenly there would come a loud knock at the gate .