about eight o'clock in the morning
I never made that particular mistake again . `` I had plenty of money in those days , and was traveling , as I say , first-class . When I got in my compartment at St. Petersburg I supposed at first that I was going to have it all to myself , and I was very well pleased because I could take things easy and sleep undisturbed through the most of what promised to be a very dreary trip . `` It was then about eight o'clock in the morning , and snowing furiously , and I could scarcely see the outlines of the handsome station through the storm of snow . But it was very comfortable in my compartment , which I was pleased to note was of unusual elegance . So I did not mind the delay at first . `` I noticed that the cushions of the seats were of a deep softness and of a rich crimson velvet .