Many guests had departed for the evening, on their way to dinner.

But the hunt is always held on the day before the guests depart.

Over the course of the next two hours, their overnight guests departed.

All the customers and guests had long since departed.

The guests depart the party and Clara's parents go upstairs.

Another left; other guests departed a few minutes later.

Time flew by and the most beautiful morning I ever saw grew into day, until finally our guests departed.

"Stay out of trouble," Gordon said as his guest departed.

Which won't be, I'm reasonably certain, until our guests have departed.

The tradition held sway for every night until the last guests had departed.