nine o'clock
Returning home , he thrust his travelling-bag under the bed without a word , and in the evening at the hour fixed he was the first to appear at the appointed spot to meet Shatov , though it 's true he still had his passport in his pocket . THE CATASTROPHE WITH Liza and the death of Marya Timofyevna made an overwhelming impression on Shatov . I have already mentioned that that morning I met him in passing ; he seemed to me not himself . He told me among other things that on the evening before at nine o'clock -LRB- that is , three hours before the fire had broken out -RRB- he had been at Marya Timofyevna 's . He went in the morning to look at the corpses , but as far as I know gave no evidence of any sort that morning . Meanwhile , towards the end of the day there was a perfect tempest in his soul , and ... I think I can say with certainty that there was a moment at dusk when he wanted to get up , go out and tell everything . What that _ everything _ was , no one but he could say .