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`` At eleven o'clock the Court pronounces in summary form the death sentence . `` The execution is fixed for four o'clock in the afternoon , subject to further instructions from superior authorities . '' Councillor Mikulin dropped the page of foolscap , glanced down his beard , and turning to Razumov , added in an easy , explanatory tone -- `` We saw no object in delaying the execution . The order to carry out the sentence was sent by telegraph at noon . I wrote out the telegram myself . He was hanged at four o'clock this afternoon . '' The definite information of Haldin 's death gave Razumov the feeling of general lassitude which follows a great exertion or a great excitement .