midnight
She felt light at heart , in spite of her fright and excitement . She felt as though she had waked up from a troubled sleep , had stepped out of a dark room into air and sunshine ... . Avdey glared about him like a madman ; in speechless frenzy he broke a young tree , jumped on to his mare , and so viciously drove the spurs into her , so mercilessly pulled and tugged at the reins that the wretched beast galloped six miles in a quarter of an hour and almost expired the same night . Kister waited for Lutchkov in vain till midnight , and next morning he went round himself to see him . The orderly informed Fyodor Fedoritch that his master was lying down and had given orders that he would see no one . ` He wo n't see me even ? ' .