midday
That night proved a sleepless one for us all . I tried to warn Miliukoff again by sending him an anonymous letter , which I posted in secret after the monk had retired . But my great fear was lest the letter would not reach his hand in time . Probably it would not be delivered till the midday post -- and if so , he would not see it till after the opening of the Duma ! Next morning passed anxiously . Protopopoff had told us over the telephone that Stefanovitch had seen the woman Grozdoff , and that all was arranged . I went early to the Duma , and sat among the crowd in the public gallery , while Rasputin remained at home , and the Empress at the palace , with Anna near the telephone , she having arranged for brief reports of the proceedings to be telephoned to her at intervals of a quarter of an hour each during the sitting .