four o’clock in the morning before
Murazov looked at Khlobuev , and added : `` Semen Semenovitch , you are deceiving both yourself and me . '' Poor Khlobuev could not utter a word in reply , and Murazov began to feel sorry for him . `` Listen , Semen Semenovitch , '' he went on . `` I know that you say your prayers , and that you go to church , and that you observe both Matins and Vespers , and that , though averse to early rising , you leave your bed at four o'clock in the morning before the household fires have been lit . '' `` Ah , Athanasi Vassilievitch , '' said Khlobuev , `` that is another matter altogether . That I do , not for man 's sake , but for the sake of Him who has ordered all things here on earth . Yes , I believe that He at least can feel compassion for me , that He at least , though I be foul and lowly , will pardon me and receive me when all men have cast me out , and my best friend has betrayed me and boasted that he has done it for a good end . ''