twelve o’clock
She opened her arms , and Elena and Insarov flung themselves into her embrace . The fatal day had come at last . It had been arranged that Elena should say good-bye to her parents at home , and should start on the journey from Insarov 's lodgings . The departure was fixed for twelve o'clock . About a quarter of an hour before the appointed time Bersenyev arrived . He had expected to find Insarov 's compatriots at his lodgings , anxious to see him off ; but they had already gone before ; and with them the two mysterious persons known to the reader -LRB- they had been witnesses at Insarov 's wedding -RRB- . The tailor met the ` kind gentlemen ' with a bow ; he , presumably , to drown his grief , but possibly to celebrate his delight at getting the furniture , had been drinking heavily ; his wife soon led him away .