about eight o'clock
And if they were found who would suspect him ? All proofs were gone , and he laughed again . Yes , he recollected afterwards how he laughed -- a long , nervous , lingering laugh , lasting all the time he was in that street . He reached home toward evening , perhaps at about eight o'clock -- how , and by what particular way he never recollected -- but , speedily undressing , he lay down on the couch , trembling like a beaten horse , and , drawing his overcoat over him , he fell immediately into a deep sleep . He awoke in a high fever and delirious . Some days later he came to himself , rose and went out . It was eight o'clock , and the sun had disappeared .