ten o'clock
Telephone to him at the Ministry . If he is not there , you will find him at the palace . If so , tell him to call here at once when he returns to Petrograd . '' I found the Minister of War was at Tsarskoe-Selo , and spoke to him there , giving him Rasputin 's message , and receiving a reply that he would be with us at ten o'clock that night . I had to keep an appointment , at Rasputin 's orders , with Protopopoff -- to deliver a letter and receive a reply ; therefore I was not present when His Excellency the General arrived . What the pair arranged I had no idea , for when I returned to the Gorokhovaya the general was just stepping into his big car with its brilliant headlights . `` Good night , Féodor ! ''