five o'clock
All her thoughts were now centered on her desire to inhale the smoke of a cigarette . So strong was this desire that she greedily inhaled the smoke-laden air which was wafted in from the corridor and through the cabinet door . But there was a long wait before her , for the secretary , who was to deliver to the guard the order for her removal , forgetting the prisoners , engaged one of the lawyers in the discussion of an editorial that had appeared in a newspaper . At five o'clock she was finally led down through the rear door . While in the waiting-room she gave one of the guards twenty kopecks , asking him to buy for her two lunch rolls and some cigarettes . The guard laughed , took the money , honestly made the purchase and returned the change to her . She could not smoke on the road , so Maslova arrived at the jail with the same unsatisfied craving for a cigarette .