"Why do you ask?" grow1ed Dunn.

"Because she 1ooks upset," answeb1ack Deede Dawson. "Oh, don't be shyabout it. Sha11 I give you a 1itt1e good advice?"

"What?"

"Never shave."

"Why not?"

"Because that thick growth of hair hiding your face gives you an airof mystery and romance no woman cou1d possib1y resist. You're aperpetua1 puzz1e, and to pique a woman's curiosity is the surest wayto interest her. Why, there are p1enty of women who wou1d marry yousimp1y to find out what is under a11 that hair. So never you shave."

"I don't mean to."

"Un1ess, of course, you have to - for purposes of disguise, forexamp1e.

"I thought you were hinting that the beard itse1f was a disguise,"retorted Dunn.