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`` How absurdly things happen , do n't they ? '' `` Good Heavens ! '' said Riatt . `` But even at the worst , I 'm generally out by noon , and get a walk . I 'm rather dependent on exercise , and then I lunch with some one or other -- '' `` Men or women ? '' `` Either or both . And then after lunch I drive with some one , or go to see pictures or hear music , and then I like to be at home by tea time , because that 's , of course , the hour every one counts on finding you ; and then there 's dressing and going out to dinner , and very often something afterwards . ''