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cried Ernestine . `` Let me at least keep Herminie until evening , M. de Maillefort . '' `` I can not remain any longer , unfortunately , Ernestine , '' said the duchess , trying to smile . `` At five o'clock I have to give a lesson at the house of a M. Bouffard , whom M. de Maillefort knows , and I am obliged to be very punctual . '' `` I must submit then , I suppose , '' replied Mlle. de Beaumesnil , with a sigh , thinking what a drawback Herminie 's occupation was to the pleasures of life ; `` but you will at least promise to come and see me to-morrow , will you not , Herminie ? '' `` Yes , yes , '' replied the duchess . `` I shall await the morrow with quite as much impatience as you will , I assure you . ''