ten o'clock
His customers brought him the news that during the night the public prosecutor had sent the deputy manager and the head-clerk to prison as well . This news did not disturb Avdeyev . He was convinced that he had been slandered , and that if he were to lodge a complaint to-day the examining magistrate would get into trouble for the search of the night before . Between nine and ten o'clock he hurried to the town hall to see the secretary , who was the only educated man in the town council . `` Vladimir Stepanitch , what 's this new fashion ? '' he said , bending down to the secretary 's ear . `` People have been stealing , but how do I come in ?