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"Well, what are you doing here? " the younger of the two sages asked, / with a resolute air of bonhomie, as he dragged himself over the / asphalt path, and sank, gasping, into the seat beside the other in the / Park. His senior lifted his head and looked him carefully over to make / sure of his identity, and then he said:
"I suppose, to answer your fatuous question, I am waiting here to get / my breath before I move on; and in the next place, I am watching the / feet of the women who go by in their high-heeled shoes."