nine
o'clock
But this thought stirred such wrath in me that I believed I should have crushed that `` damned '' Liza if she had chanced to be near me at the time . I should have insulted her , have spat at her , have turned her out , have struck her ! One day passed , however , another and another ; she did not come and I began to grow calmer . I felt particularly bold and cheerful after nine o'clock , I even sometimes began dreaming , and rather sweetly : I , for instance , became the salvation of Liza , simply through her coming to me and my talking to her ... . I develop her , educate her . Finally , I notice that she loves me , loves me passionately . I pretend not to understand -LRB- I do n't know , however , why I pretend , just for effect , perhaps -RRB- .