four o’clock
Seeing that her husband did not pay the slightest attention to her , she turned over on the other side , rested her fresh and rosy cheek on her hand , and went to sleep again . It was late -- that is , according to country customs -- when the lady awoke again . Her husband was snoring more loudly than ever . She recollected that he had come home at four o'clock , and not wishing to awaken him , got up alone , and put on her slippers , which her husband had had sent for her from St. Petersburg , and a white dressing-gown which fell about her like the waters of a fountain . Then she passed into her dressing-room , and after washing in water as fresh as herself , went to her toilet table . She looked at herself twice in the glass , and thought she looked very pretty that morning . This circumstance , a very insignificant one apparently , caused her to stay two hours longer than usual before her glass .