'You do not seem to be overjoyed.'
'I am,' he said gently.
'Don't be hilarious over it.'
'I will; I wish—'
'Well, certainly; "Noakes" it shall be.'
'Thanks, Miss Beck.'
'Haven't you done anything but work these days?'
'I have thought more or less.'
'Strange; what about?'
'You, of course.'