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"Chiquita, on the contrary, isn't sleeping as h - physically, I

at present over the fact that she's lost twenty-five, pounds in the last

three ht that she hadn't been so sliirl"

"Twenty-five pounds!" exclaiood deal to lose How

the hell - how do you explain it!"

"Increased household activity," Frank replied vaguely "And then

reat deal

by herself For annoyed her - even when I read

aloud, explaining carefully as I went along"

"I haven't noticed an increased activity on Julia's part," Billy said

thoughtfully "But she's always been extraordinarily active, considering

everything The way she gets about isof her furniture with that in view She's as quick

as a cat I have noticed, however, that she seeed lot of women"

"The twelve o'clock whistle has just blown," Honey announced "Let's

eat"

The five ether

and fell to a voracious feeding At last, pipes appeared They stretched

themselves to the smoker's ease For a while, the silence was unbroken

Then, here and there, somebody dropped an irrelevant remark Nobody