Four o'clock
`` Well , well , I am ready ; '' -- and turning again to Emma , `` but you must not be expecting such a _ very _ fine young man ; you have only had _ my _ account you know ; I dare say he is really nothing extraordinary : '' -- though his own sparkling eyes at the moment were speaking a very different conviction . Emma could look perfectly unconscious and innocent , and answer in a manner that appropriated nothing . `` Think of me to-morrow , my dear Emma , about four o'clock , '' was Mrs. Weston 's parting injunction ; spoken with some anxiety , and meant only for her . `` Four o'clock ! -- depend upon it he will be here by three , '' was Mr. Weston 's quick amendment ; and so ended a most satisfactory meeting . Emma 's spirits were mounted quite up to happiness ; every thing wore a different air ; James and his horses seemed not half so sluggish as before . When she looked at the hedges , she thought the elder at least must soon be coming out ; and when she turned round to Harriet , she saw something like a look of spring , a tender smile even there .