one at night
Do n't worry me ! Be so good as to leave me alone ! '' And he walked out of the office . BETWEEN twelve and one at night a tall gentleman , wearing a top-hat and a coat with a hood , stops before the door of Marya Petrovna Koshkin , a midwife and an old maid . Neither face nor hand can be distinguished in the autumn darkness , but in the very manner of his coughing and the ringing of the bell a certain solidity , positiveness , and even impressiveness can be discerned . After the third ring the door opens and Marya Petrovna herself appears . She has a man 's overcoat flung on over her white petticoat .