seven o’clock
All 's well . '' After the ball , early next morning , Anna Arkadyevna sent her husband a telegram that she was leaving Moscow the same day . `` No , I must go , I must go '' ; she explained to her sister-in-law the change in her plans in a tone that suggested that she had to remember so many things that there was no enumerating them : `` no , it had really better be today ! '' Stepan Arkadyevitch was not dining at home , but he promised to come and see his sister off at seven o'clock . Kitty , too , did not come , sending a note that she had a headache . Dolly and Anna dined alone with the children and the English governess . Whether it was that the children were fickle , or that they had acute senses , and felt that Anna was quite different that day from what she had been when they had taken such a fancy to her , that she was not now interested in them , -- but they had abruptly dropped their play with their aunt , and their love for her , and were quite indifferent that she was going away .