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. [Aside to ] Yes, since the mail arrived from the club. Fortunately, it was the last one.

. Poor Isabel! Isn't it terrible to be a woman?

. No indeed. How silly!

. I am awfully anxious to see you alone.

. By the way, Pepe, we must have a serious talk.

. Name your own time.

. Oh, there is no hurry! That reminds me: what was that play you recommended the other evening? I dropped in as I was passing the theatre, but I did not see the girl. It seemed to me rather tame.

. She has been out of the cast for a few days. The manager discharged her because of some trouble, although I must say that I sympathized with the girl. Her parts were impossible. La Vélez has the company completely under her thumb, although she sings like a cat and wears clothes

. She will never make a hit with her clothes.

. We might compare notes, however, about the other one. The town has gone mad over her—it is a hit every time she appears. She has—how shall I put it? Oh, you know—personality; there is something about her…

. I know. You talk like the girl's mother.

. Was that what you wanted to say?

. No; speaking seriously, Isabel thinks… We might take it up later. Did you say she was still out of the cast?

. No, you can see her any night in "Impulse" and "A League of the Garter," the second and fourth zarzuelas. Highly sensational.

. I suppose you drop in every night?

. No, when I have nothing else to do.

. But you never do anything else. You are mak-