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The duchess and her suite, composing a party of seven Mademoiselle Lebeschu being her only lady attendant were soon transferred from the shore to the deck of the Carlo Alberto. All were conscious that the enterprise upon which they had embarked was perilous in the extreme. Its success would greatly depend upon what is called chance.
At nightfall of the 24th a travelling carriage, with four post-horses, was drawn up before the ducal palace. While some directions were given, to engage the attention of the postilion, the duchess, with Mademoiselle Lebeschu and M. de Brissac, glided out of the door unperceived, when the door was shut and the horses again set out upon the gallop for Florence.
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