ten
o'clock
The party walked going and coming , and as Dora and her mother were ahead , Mr. Mitchel had ample opportunity to explain to his _ fiancée _ the favor which he wished her to do for him . When leaving the house that night he said : `` You will not see me again for a couple of days . Keep well till then . '' Lucette , who had overheard this remark , was , therefore , rather astonished to see Mr. Mitchel walk in the next morning as early as ten o'clock . She was still more surprised to have her mistress announce that she was going out . What puzzled her most of all was that Emily went out alone , leaving Mr. Mitchel in the parlor . In fact this seemed to give her so much food for reflection , that as though struck by the conclusions arrived at , she herself prepared to go out .