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He gave her his arm , and they stepped out into the moonlit night . `` So peaceful , so bright ! '' he said , looking round . `` I will come at noon to-morrow , '' called the Duchess from the doorway . A light was still shining in Eglington 's study when the carriage drove up . With a latch-key Hylda admitted herself and her maid . The storm had broken , the flood had come .