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arrangements for the morrow's departure were soon completed. The day passed away in that hurry which makes it seem so short, and in the many little cares, so few of which ever answer their purpose, and which yet appear so indispensable to the feminine affection from which they generally emanate. Night came at last, and Bournonville, after much good advice, in which the gouvernante cordially joined—touching the necessity of early going to bed where there was a necessity for early rising—and after many good wishes, left the cousins to themselves. To those who had never before parted for even a day, there was some thing almost terrible in separation. Francesca had rejoiced in the thought of Guido's absence; but it now rose before her, with all its possible perils and evils.