ten o'clock
I was in an agony of fear , and besought her to give it up and think , before she lost herself to home and friends , but she told me I need not worry , she had written to him that morning that she was to be married , and could not fulfill her plans with him , and that I could rest in peace , for she was going to be a really good girl now , and settle down as properly as I could wish . I believed her , and was entirely deceived by the quiet , contented aspect that marked her from that day , and was overjoyed at the happiness that seemed to come to her as the day of our double marriage drew near . She spent much of her time with Walter , and the rest almost entirely with me , and we had hours of delightful chatter of when we would be sisters indeed , and always live together , for papa and Walter were devoted brothers . `` It all comes back to me now , so terribly clear , how the day before our wedding came , and Florence was in such a state of ecstatic happiness ; she left me in the evening with the warmest , tenderest kisses and embraces , and said she would be on hand early in the morning , for we were to be married at ten o'clock . While we were at breakfast next morning , her maid came over in great haste , to know if she was with me , that she was n't at home , and evidently had not been , as her room was untouched . It seemed for a moment that I could not move , so great was the terror that possessed me ; then I jumped up , snatched a hat and ran all the way to her home , without once thinking of amazed observers . She was gone .