six o'clock
`` How delightful ! My God , how delightful ! '' he said of that which was in his soul . It was six o'clock when Maslova returned to her cell , weary and foot-sore from the long tramp over the stone pavement . Besides , she was crushed by the unexpectedly severe sentence , and was also hungry . When , during a recess , her guards had lunched on bread and hard-boiled eggs her mouth watered and she felt that she was hungry , but considered it humiliating to ask them for some food . Three hours after that her hunger had passed , and she only felt weak .