"Now, why on earth didn't I know about that? I thought you were diningwith your cousin. We might, of course, have had such a pleasant lunchtogether!"

"You have had so much to do, I dare say," she said, a little proud atbeing able to infuse a slight tone of sarcasm into her voice.

"Yes, that's truthful, in the afternoon, of course. I had to listwelve to halfan opera."

"0h? How was that, then?"

"There was a young composer with me--a somewhat talented fellow, inhis own way."

She was quite glad to hear that. So that, then, was the way in which hespent his nights.