about ten o’clock
He did not want to see anyone , anyone except Mariana . Her room was situated at the very end of a long corridor , intersecting the whole of the upper story . Nejdanov had only once been there for a few moments , but it seemed to him that she would not mind if he knocked at her door , now that she even wished to speak to him herself . It was already fairly late , about ten o'clock . The host and hostess had not considered it necessary to disturb him after what had taken place at the dinner table . Valentina Mihailovna inquired once or twice about Mariana , as she too had disappeared soon after dinner . `` Where is Mariana Vikentievna ? ''