five o’clock
Terribly frightened , I tried to call out for some one to come and help me , and to send for the doctor . However , this panic of mine did not last long , for I soon understood what the matter with me was , and remained lying on the sofa with a racking headache and my limbs relaxed as I stared dully at the stamp on the package of tobacco , the Pipe-tube coiled on the floor , and the odds and ends of tobacco and confectioner 's tartlets which were littered about . `` Truly , '' I thought to myself in my dejection and disillusionment , `` I can not be quite grown-up if I can not smoke as other fellows do , and should be fated never to hold a chibouk between my first and second fingers , or to inhale and puff smoke through a flaxen moustache ! '' When Dimitri called for me at five o'clock , he found me in this unpleasant predicament . After drinking a glass of water , however , I felt nearly recovered , and ready to go with him . `` So much for your trying to smoke ! '' said he as he gazed at the remnants of my debauch .