Richard Forrest, Bachelor — page 89: what you’re looking at

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80 “? BELIEVE ’'M IN LOVE.” cigarette that night. ‘‘A man asks me to his house to din- ner, and instead of trying to make myself agreeable, I sit staring in the most vapid fashion at his daughter all through the meal. Dick was not far wrong when he said I acted ‘moon-struck.’ The fact of the matter is,’’ he went on, knocking his ashes on the Bokara rug with his little finger, ‘‘I believe I’m in love.’’ And he went to bed quite satisfied with himself for hay- ing come to a conclusion at last. GOmMmIchboo S (C(O)