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...if Martha herself didn't tell him about  Ed Paulard  he could never have guessed  she was her male partner  with whom Martha could share her  thoughts  and cry on her shoulder 

That night they went to dinner at Johnny s restaurant,  Martha had phoned him to reach her office,  they sat across the table  with her eyes   looking at him dreamily,  her eyes shone stars,  her face  expressed  a strange mix of joy, he was experienced enough to know that expression  was commonly seen on those faces  who were  just fallen in love  and found it fascinating,  but he thought of  confirming his doubts,  he looked at her shimmering with joy etes and  decided to ask  another question in a round about way  if her eyes were  drunk intoxicated by the drink she had had,  she assured him it wasn't the drink that they both had together,  such a little  swig was harmless 

What was it then he wanted to know,  she patted his hand on the table in a warm friendly manner  before  leaning against the back of her chair,  her eyes  changed  a shade  deeper  and brighter,  she explained in a  most soft and gentle tone  that she was in love 

He quickly realized she was  charmed  by the magic of love of someone and asked in a plain simple  straight line with whom was she in love 

With the most wonderful man  in the world 

He was  quite informal  occasionally and she had in the past lived sharing her experiences with him  frankly,  but  somehow her infatuation  were never  reciprocal and every time she described her new crush as the most wonderful man in the world  to him  but  a few days later  Martha would meet him to tell him  the new wonderful man was  rascally and  there was a breakup