ten o'clock
He found her in excellent health and spirits and Lebyadkin dead drunk , asleep on the sofa in the first room . This was at nine o'clock . He told me so himself next day when we met for a moment in the street . Before ten o'clock I made up my mind to go to the ball , but not in the capacity of a steward -LRB- besides my rosette had been left at Yulia Mihailovna 's -RRB- . I was tempted by irresistible curiosity to listen , without asking any questions , to what people were saying in the town about all that had happened . I wanted , too , to have a look at Yulia Mihailovna , if only at a distance . I reproached myself greatly that I had left her so abruptly that afternoon .