four o’clock
He emerged from his cloud of smoke at dinner-time . At ten that evening he stepped out of his carriage before the Krestowsky . The establishment of Krestowsky , which looms among the Isles much as the Aquarium does , is neither a theater , nor a music-hall , nor a cafe-concert , nor a restaurant , nor a public garden ; it is all of these and some other things besides . Summer theater , winter theater , open-air theater , hall for spectacles , scenic mountain , exercise-ground , diversions of all sorts , garden promenades , cafes , restaurants , private dining-rooms , everything is combined here that can amuse , charm , lead to the wildest orgies , or provide those who never think of sleep till toward three or four o'clock of a morning the means to await the dawn with patience . The most celebrated companies of the old and the new world play there amid an enthusiasm that is steadily maintained by the foresight of the managers : Russian and foreign dancers , and above all the French chanteuses , the little dolls of the cafes-concerts , so long as they are young , bright , and elegantly dressed , may meet their fortune there . If there is no such luck , they are sure at least to find every evening some old beau , and often some officer , who willingly pays twenty-five roubles for the sole pleasure of having a demoiselle born on the banks of the Seine for his companion at the supper-table . After their turn at the singing , these women display their graces and their eager smiles in the promenades of the garden or among the tables where the champagne-drinkers sit .