about
four in the afternoon
She had had her freak out , and had pretty plentifully drowned her curiosity in a glut of pleasure , which , as it happened , had no other consequence than that the lad , who retained only a confused memory of the transaction , would , when he saw her , forget her in favour of the next woman , tempted , on the report of his parts , to take him in . Louisa herself did not long outstay this adventure at Mrs. Cole 's -LRB- to whom , by the bye , we took care not to boast of our exploit , till all fear of consequences were clearly over -RRB- : for an occasion presenting itself of proving her passion for a young fellow , at the expense of her discretion , proceeding all in character , she packed up her toilet , at half a day 's warning , and went with him abroad , since which I entirely lost sight of her , and it never fell in my way to hear what became of her . But a few days after she had left us , two very occasion , not to wrong our training at Mrs. Cole 's , especially favourites , and free of her academy , easily obtained her consent for Emily 's and my acceptance of a party of pleasure , at a little but agreeable house , belonging to one of them situated not far up the river Thames , on the Surrey side . Every thing being settled , and it being a fine summer day , but rather of the warmest , we set out after dinner , and got to our rendezvous about four in the afternoon ; where , landing at the foot of a neat , joyous pavilion , Emily and I were handed into it by our esquires , and there drank tea with a cheerfulness and gaiety , that the beauty of the prospect , the serenity of the weather , and the tender politeness of our sprightly gallants , naturally led us into . After tea , and taking a turn in the garden , my particular , who was the master of the house , and had in no sense schemed this party of pleasure for a dry one , proposed to us , with that frankness which his familiarity at Mrs. Cole 's entitled him to , as the weather was excessively hot , to bathe together , under a commodious shelter that he had prepared expressly for that purpose , in a creek of the river , with which a side-door of the pavilion immediately communicated , and where we might be sure of having our diversion out , safe from interruption , and with the utmost privacy . Emily , who never refused anything , and I , who ever delighted in bathing , and had no exception to the person who proposed it , or to those pleasure it was easy to guess it implied , took care , on this occasion , not to wrong our training at Mrs. Cole 's , and agreed to it with as good a grace as we could . Upon which , without loss of time , we returned instantly to the pavilion , one door of which opened into a tent , pitched before it , that with its marquise , formed a pleasing defense again the sun , or the weather , and was besides as private as we could wish .