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 forgot to call Julio.—Julio! Julio!… I leave you to tell him the news. He may feel that he ought to come.

. And me, too. I will be there; count upon me.

. Thank you so much! You are friends of mine. Ah, me! I shall accept it as a widow, and wear mourning for the rest of my life. We have been acquainted ten years, and engaged now for seven. They have seemed all too short!

. Brief. Hurry, or he will be out of danger; it may prove a false alarm.

. Oh, never! You will see. It is my duty to be reconciled, but he will die—he will die, I am certain! Hurry, Luisa! Come along.

. Hello, Manolo!

. Hello, Julio.

. Was my sister with you?

. Yes, she went out with Adelaida. They are looking for your mother, and then they are going to call on Galán. Have you heard?

. Not a word.

. Galán is ill, Galán is dying.

. Are you serious?

. According to Adelaida. She has mourned him so often during the cycle of their amours, that I assume we are enjoying another feature of the programme. Although it must happen some time. These long engagements may lead up to marriage, but while they are about it, a widow or widower is on a honeymoon by comparison. What do you think? How are your plans coming on?

. My plans? I don't know. Don Hilario has written to a friend in Buenos Aires, who settled there as a