two
o'clock in the morning
But from that night forward everything changed , and the coming child was only a hindrance . The aunts had asked Nekhludoff to stop off at their station and call on them , but he wired that he would not be able to do it , as he had to reach St. Petersburg in time . When Katiousha learned this , she decided to go to the railroad station to see him . The train was to pass at two o'clock in the morning . Katiousha helped the ladies to bed , and , having induced the cook 's girl , Mashka , to accompany her , she put on an old pair of shoes , threw a shawl over her head , gathered up her skirts and ran to the station . It was a dark , rainy , windy , autumn night . The rain now poured down in large , warm drops , now ceased .