six o'clock in the morning
Semyon looked at me in silence , as though intending to say something -- but after the fashion of servants in those days he simply shifted from one foot to the other and said nothing . `` What time did he set off for town ? '' I asked sternly . `` At six o'clock in the morning . '' `` And how was he -- did he seem anxious , depressed ? '' Semyon looked down . `` Our master is a deep one , '' he began .