six o'clock
In the frenzy which sometimes takes possession of spoilt and very wealthy men , `` broad natures , '' Frolov began to play the fool . He ordered supper and champagne for the gypsies , broke the shade of the electric light , shied bottles at the pictures and looking-glasses , and did it all apparently without the slightest enjoyment , scowling and shouting irritably , with contempt for the people , with an expression of hatred in his eyes and his manners . He made the engineer sing a solo , made the bass singers drink a mixture of wine , vodka , and oil . At six o'clock they handed him the bill . `` Nine hundred and twenty-five roubles , forty kopecks , '' said Almer , and shrugged his shoulders . `` What 's it for ? No , wait , we must go into it ! ''