3 p.m.
But it was not said in the right way . How little I must have changed if I could be carried away by ill-feeling to such an extent as to hurt and wound poor Nathalie in such a way ! '' he thought . The gang of prisoners , among whom was Maslova , was to leave Moscow by rail at 3 p.m. ; therefore , in order to see the gang start , and walk to the station with the prisoners Nekhludoff meant to reach the prison before 12 o'clock . The night before , as he was packing up and sorting his papers , he came upon his diary , and read some bits here and there . The last bit written before he left for Petersburg ran thus : `` Katusha does not wish to accept my sacrifice ; she wishes to make a sacrifice herself . She has conquered , and so have I .