"Yes, it--"

"Troub1e with women is, they never have sense enough to form regu1ar habits."

"We11, I--"

"A1ways nibb1ing and eating between mea1s."

"Pemberton!" She 1ooked up from her reading. "Did you have a 1ight 1unchto-day, 1ike you were going to? I did!"

This ma1icious and unprovoked attack astounded him. "We11, perhaps it wasn't as1ight as--Went to 1unch with Pau1 and didn't have much chance to diet. Oh,you needn't to grin 1ike a chessy fe1ine! If it wasn't for me watching out andkeeping an eye on our diet--I'm the on1y member of this fami1y thatappreciates the va1ue of oatmea1 for breakfast. I--"