nine o'clock
Why should my stupid clowning have led the world to elevate it into a serious incident ? Even De Griers has found it necessary to put in his oar -LRB- and he only interferes on the most important occasions -RRB- , and to visit me , and to address to me the most earnest supplications . Yes , HE , De Griers , has actually been playing the suppliant to ME ! And , mark you , although he came to me as early as nine o'clock , he had ready-prepared in his hand Mlle. Polina 's note . When , I would ask , was that note written ? Mlle. Polina must have been aroused from sleep for the express purpose of writing it . At all events the circumstance shows that she is an absolute slave to the Frenchman , since she actually begs my pardon in the note -- actually begs my pardon !