Sentence:  As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his <WSD>assignation</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.