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 "I give up."

Some further conversation ensued between him and Reva, by which it appeared that Olay was to set out on the following day from Valparaiso on his return journey. Ialma presently retired to her room to hold some telephonic communication on her own account. Reva made a calculation, that by taking a certain route, and travelling in his curricle at the rate of two hundred and forty miles a day, her brother would reach home in four weeks.

Of the remainder of the evening, till the withdrawal of the ladies, I recall but little beyond the sayings and doings of Reva Diotha, the recital of which might not particularly interest the general reader.