six in the evening
To the left the roof of a coach-house shone white in the moonlight , in front the black shadow of the garden wall was visible through the tangled branches of the trees . Nekhludoff gazed at the roof , the moonlit garden , and the shadows of the poplar , and drank in the fresh , invigorating air . `` How delightful , how delightful ; oh , God , how delightful , '' he said , meaning that which was going on in his soul . Maslova reached her cell only at six in the evening , tired and footsore , having , unaccustomed as she was to walking , gone 10 miles on the stony road that day . She was crushed by the unexpectedly severe sentence and tormented by hunger . During the first interval of her trial , when the soldiers were eating bread and hard-boiled eggs in her presence , her mouth watered and she realised she was hungry , but considered it beneath her dignity to beg of them . Three hours later the desire to eat had passed , and she felt only weak .