ten o’clock in
the evening
somebody said . `` Did anyone see them ? '' `` I will tell you the whole truth , '' answered Grushnitski : `` only please do not betray me . This is how it was : yesterday , a certain man , whose name I will not tell you , came up to me and told me that , at ten o'clock in the evening , he had seen somebody creeping into the Ligovskis ' house . I must observe that Princess Ligovski was here , and Princess Mary at home . So he and I set off to wait beneath the windows and waylay the lucky man . '' I confess I was frightened , although my companion was very busily engaged with his breakfast : he might have heard things which he would have found rather displeasing , if Grushnitski had happened to guess the truth ; but , blinded by jealousy , the latter did not even suspect it .