5 o'clock
The whole of the next day Kuzma Vassilyevitch devoted to his official duties ; he did not leave the house even after dinner and right into the night was scribbling and copying out his report to his superior officer , mercilessly disregarding the rules of spelling , always putting an exclamation mark after the word _ but _ and a semi-colon after _ however _ . Next morning a barefoot Jewish boy in a tattered gown brought him a letter from Emilie -- the first letter that Kuzma Vassilyevitch had received from her . `` Mein allerliebstep Florestan , '' she wrote to him , `` can you really so cross with your Zuckerpüppchen be that you came not yesterday ? Please be not cross if you wish not your merry Emilie to weep very bitterly and come , be sure , at 5 o'clock to-day . '' -LRB- The figure 5 was surrounded with two wreaths . -RRB- `` I will be very , very glad . Your amiable Emilie . ''