seven in the evening
The first qualification for understanding another is Heart . '' The prince was rather alarmed at all this , and was obliged to end by appointing the same hour of the following day for the interview desired . The general left him much comforted and far less agitated than when he had arrived . At seven in the evening , the prince sent to request Lebedeff to pay him a visit . Lebedeff came at once , and `` esteemed it an honour , '' as he observed , the instant he entered the room . He acted as though there had never been the slightest suspicion of the fact that he had systematically avoided the prince for the last three days . He sat down on the edge of his chair , smiling and making faces , and rubbing his hands , and looking as though he were in delighted expectation of hearing some important communication , which had been long guessed by all .