About four o'clock
And he did not reckon in the cost of clothes , boots , linen , washing , etc. . So on the 14th December he found himself without a sou in his pocket , and without a notion in his mind how to get any money . He went , as he had often done of old , without lunch , and passed the afternoon working at the newspaper office , angry and preoccupied . About four o'clock he received a telegram from his mistress , running : `` Shall we dine together , and have a lark afterwards ? '' He at once replied : `` Can not dine . '' Then he reflected that he would be very stupid to deprive himself of the pleasant moments she might afford him , and added : `` But will wait at nine at our place . '' And having sent one of the messengers with this , to save the cost of a telegram , he began to reflect what he should do to procure himself a dinner .