about nine o’clock
Returning home at seven o'clock he did not find Pavel Pavlovitch there , which fact first surprised him , then angered him , then depressed him , and at last , frightened him . `` God knows , God knows how it will all end ! '' he cried ; first trying to settle himself on a sofa , and then marching up and down the room , and all the while looking at his watch every other minute . At length -- at about nine o'clock -- Pavel Pavlovitch appeared . `` If this man was cunning enough to mean it he could not have managed better in order to put me into a state of nervousness ! '' thought Velchaninoff , though his heart bounded for joy to see his guest arrive . To Velchaninoff 's cordial inquiry as to why he was so late , Pavel Pavlovitch smiled disagreeably -- took a seat with easy familiarity , carelessly threw his crapebound hat on a chair , -- and made himself perfectly at home .