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If we do n't find them there , then we probably sha 'n' t find them anywhere . In Chicago we can live and restock for further explorations , and as for locating a telescope , the University of Chicago ruins are as promising as those of Harvard . Chicago , by all means ! '' They set out at nine o'clock , and , having made a good start , reached Buffalo by twenty minutes past , flying easily along the shore at not more than five hundred feet elevation . Gaily the lake sparkled and wimpled in the morning sun , unvexed now by any steamer 's prow , unshaded by any smoke from cities or roaring mills along its banks . Despite the lateness of the season , the morning was warm ; a mild breeze swayed the treetops and set the little whitecaps foaming here and there over the broad expanse of blue . Beatrice and Stern felt the joy of life reborn in them at that sight .