ten o’clock
He starts up . ` What is it ? ' he says . ` The execution is fixed for ten o'clock . ' He was only just awake , and would not believe at first , but began to argue that his papers would not be out for a week , and so on . When he was wide awake and realized the truth , he became very silent and argued no more -- so they say ; but after a bit he said : ` It comes very hard on one so suddenly ' and then he was silent again and said nothing . `` The three or four hours went by , of course , in necessary preparations -- the priest , breakfast , -LRB- coffee , meat , and some wine they gave him ; does n't it seem ridiculous ? -RRB-