"Yes," said Tom. "Harry is going to Mexico."
"Do you mean the tall, handsome young man walking on the left?" said the Professor.
"The same," said Toney.
"I thought he had military glory in his mind as soon as I saw him," said the Professor.
"Why so?" asked Toney.
"A close observer can sometimes tell what is in a man's mind by his walk," said the Professor. "From the erect manner in which the young man carried his head and the determined tread with which he brought down his foot, I was certain that he had resolved on a march for the Halls of the Montezumas."
The Professor and his two friends had now halted under a tree and were engaged in conversation, when Claribel and Wiggins came by, and as they passed Harry and Clarence, Wiggins bowed, but the lovely Claribel never turned her head.
"Did you observe that?" said Seddon.
"I did," said Tony.
"Military glory is getting into the mind of the other young gentleman, I think," said the Professor. "He seems to be half a head taller than he was a moment ago, and his foot comes down with a determination that indicates no benevolent intentions towards Santa Anna and his myrmidons. But, look! yonder comes our three pretty little men."