twelve o’clock
But , underneath this , she had another motive , of which she did not speak . She thought that possibly Aglaya , or at any rate someone sent by her , would be present incognito at the ceremony , or in the crowd , and she wished to be prepared for this eventuality . The prince left her at eleven , full of these thoughts , and went home . But it was not twelve o'clock when a messenger came to say that Nastasia was very bad , and he must come at once . On hurrying back he found his bride locked up in her own room and could hear her hysterical cries and sobs . It was some time before she could be made to hear that the prince had come , and then she opened the door only just sufficiently to let him in , and immediately locked it behind him . She then fell on her knees at his feet .