midnight
And do n't you think I am working for progress too ? I 've got to find my own ideas of the true way ... . Pardon me , '' continued Razumov , after drawing breath and with a short , throaty laugh , `` but I have n't inherited a revolutionary inspiration together with a resemblance from an uncle . '' He looked again at his watch and noticed with sickening disgust that there were yet a good many minutes to midnight . He tore watch and chain off his waistcoat and laid them on the table well in the circle of bright lamplight . Haldin , reclining on his elbow , did not stir . Razumov was made uneasy by this attitude .