eight o'clock
The clock in the town church only struck twice in the twenty-four hours -- at midday and midnight . Soon after it struck midnight he heard hurried footsteps . `` To-morrow evening , then , again at Muridov 's , '' Atchmianov heard , and he recognised Kirilin 's voice . `` At eight o'clock ; good-bye ! '' Nadyezhda Fyodorovna made her appearance near the garden . Without noticing that Atchmianov was sitting on the bench , she passed beside him like a shadow , opened the gate , and leaving it open , went into the house . In her own room she lighted the candle and quickly undressed , but instead of getting into bed , she sank on her knees before a chair , flung her arms round it , and rested her head on it .