eleven o'clock
The door opened and Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch came in . `` I 've sent a messenger on horseback , '' he said . `` In ten minutes we shall hear all about it , meantime the servants say that part of the riverside quarter has been burnt down , on the right side of the bridge near the quay . It 's been burning since eleven o'clock ; now the fire is going down . '' He did not go near the window , but stood three steps behind her ; she did not turn towards him . `` It ought to have been light an hour ago by the calendar , and it 's still almost night , '' she said irritably . '' ` Calendars always tell lies , ' '' he observed with a polite smile , but , a little ashamed ; he made haste to add : `` It 's dull to live by the calendar , Liza . ''