two o’clock
he cried , fastening up his coat as he ran . ` All right , come along , darling ! ' said Nikita , and stopping the sledge he picked up the master 's pale thin little son , radiant with joy , and drove out into the road . It was past two o'clock and the day was windy , dull , and cold , with more than twenty degrees Fahrenheit of frost . Half the sky was hidden by a lowering dark cloud . In the yard it was quiet , but in the street the wind was felt more keenly . The snow swept down from a neighbouring shed and whirled about in the corner near the bath-house .