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The nextHouse Oh My had partly initiated hi day and had learned that, after the waking cup of coffee, he preferred to breakfast at table, rather than in bed Also, Oh My had warned hiular affair, anywhere between seven and nine, and that the breakfasters merely drifted in at their convenience If he wanted a horse, or if he wanted a swim or a motor car, or any ranch medium or utility he desired, Oh My infor in the breakfast room at half past seven, Grahaood-by to the Gazette , were just ready to catch the ranchtrain for San Francisco He sat alone, being perfectly invited by a perfect Chinese servant to order as he pleased, and found hirapefruit, which, the table-boy proudly inforested breakfast foods, es, Grahas and bacon, when Bert Wainwright drifted in with a casualness that Grahanized as histrionic, when, five ee, Ernestine Desten drifted in and expressed surprise at finding such a multitude of early risers

Later, as the three of thereeted Lute Desten and Rita Wainwright arriving Over the billiard table with Bert, Graham learned that Dick Forrest never appeared for breakfast, that he worked in bed from terribly wee small hours, had coffee at six, and only on unusual occasions appeared to his guests before the twelve-thirty lunch As for Paula Forrest, Bert explained, she was a poor sleeper, a late riser, lived behind a door without a knob in a spacious ith a rare and secret patio that even he had seen but once, and only on infrequent occasion was she known to appear before twelve-thirty, and often not then

"You see, she's healthy and strong and all that," he explained, "but she was born with insomnia She never could sleep She couldn't sleep as a little baby even But it's never hurt her any, because she's got a will, and won't let it get on her nerves She's just about as tense as theyhen she can't sleep, she just wills to relax, and she does relax She calls theets them Maybe she'll fall asleep at daybreak, or at nine or ten in the ; and then she'll sleep the rest of the clock around and get down to dinner as chipper as you please"