one
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The thought filled Velchaninoff with despair . `` The brute knows I am depending upon him -- and what on earth am I to do now about Liza ? How can I make my appearance without him ? '' At last he could bear it no longer and set off to the Pokrofsky at one o'clock to look for Pavel Pavlovitch . At the lodging , Velchaninoff was informed that Pavel Pavlovitch had not been at home all night , and had only called in at nine o'clock , stayed a quarter of an hour , and had gone out again . Velchaninoff stood at the door listening to the servants ' report , mechanically tried the handle , recollected himself , and asked to see Maria Sisevna . The latter obeyed his summons at once .