four o'clock
`` Shall we see you tomorrow to dinner ? '' said Mrs. Dashwood , when he was leaving them . `` I do not ask you to come in the morning , for we must walk to the park , to call on Lady Middleton . '' He engaged to be with them by four o'clock . Mrs. Dashwood 's visit to Lady Middleton took place the next day , and two of her daughters went with her ; but Marianne excused herself from being of the party , under some trifling pretext of employment ; and her mother , who concluded that a promise had been made by Willoughby the night before of calling on her while they were absent , was perfectly satisfied with her remaining at home . On their return from the park they found Willoughby 's curricle and servant in waiting at the cottage , and Mrs. Dashwood was convinced that her conjecture had been just . So far it was all as she had foreseen ; but on entering the house she beheld what no foresight had taught her to expect .