Clarissa was to remain behind to put the house in order, and only a young maid-servant went with them.

As the carriage rolled away, bearing Mrs.Stanhope and her little daughter on the way to Switzerland, Clarissa gave them many a God-speed, and, turning back into the empty house, she wiped away the tears she could no longer repress, saying softly to herself: "'Their rapture gathers more and more; The sick are well again.'".