eleven o’clock in the morning
... What nonsense ! CHAPTER XII . 15th June . AT eleven o'clock in the morning -- the hour at which Princess Ligovski is usually perspiring in the Ermolov baths -- I walked past her house . Princess Mary was sitting pensively at the window ; on seeing me she sprang up . I entered the ante-room , there was nobody there , and , availing myself of the freedom afforded by the local customs , I made my way , unannounced , into the drawing-room . Princess Mary 's charming countenance was shrouded with a dull pallor .