twelve o'clock
He would have kept his prestige . Don Juan would have remained Don Juan ! Very late in life , and only after many experiences , does a man learn , at the sight of a fellow-creature 's real failing or weakness , to sympathise with him , and help him without a secret self-congratulation at his own virtue and strength , but on the contrary , with every humility and comprehension of the naturalness , almost the inevitableness , of sin . I was very bold and resolute in sending Fustov to the Ratsches ' ; but when I set out there myself at twelve o'clock -LRB- nothing would induce Fustov to go with me , he only begged me to give him an exact account of everything -RRB- , when round the corner of the street their house glared at me in the distance with a yellowish blur from the coffin candles at one of the windows , an indescribable panic made me hold my breath , and I would gladly have turned back ... . I mastered myself , however , and went into the passage . It smelt of incense and wax ; the pink cover of the coffin , edged with silver lace , stood in a corner , leaning against the wall . In one of the adjoining rooms , the dining-room , the monotonous muttering of the deacon droned like the buzzing of a bee .