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130 the same thing. I tell you its dreadful not to know where to eat."

"I suppose that is the reason some men marry?" she asked, brightly.

"Well, not exactly," he said, flushing slightly.

"Do the people you see in the restaurants never interest you?" Dido asked, seeing he had become silent.

"No, I never notice them unless it is some one with loud dress or manners, and then I watch them as I watch a lot of monkeys in a cage."

"Every place I go I see some one interesting," Dido said, slowly. "Look at that fat woman over there, in the cherry-red dress and hat. See how proud that little dark man looks of having such a woman with him. I have heard her tell him of her former great triumphs as an actress, and I can imagine a story of her life. See that slender, pretty,